Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
| 2 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 3 | Some word processing functions will apparently be bucked up and international versions are due soon , including localizing it for the company 's new exclusive Japanese distributor Sumisho Electronics . |
| 4 | The seller has no difficulty in producing them for the buyer in any quantity provided he has sufficient notice to schedule production , and purchase needed materials and components . |
| 5 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 6 | Apart from joining us for the evening meal and when she ran short of pesetas , we saw little of her for the rest of the holiday . |
| 7 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 8 | There may in fact be some differences in these time intervals and in other pathogenetic factors between Kock pouches and pelvic pouches , but in view of the general clinical similarities between the RP syndromes in these two forms of pouch ( Table V ) , we have felt justified in combining them for the purposes of our analysis . |
| 9 | ‘ I think that certainly helped in preparing me for the jump — after all I had three years to think about it , ’ said Nigel . |
| 10 | Despite their criticism , peer review is the method most commonly used within the Research Councils for evaluating the scientific contributions of their own staff , in addition to using it for the evaluation of research proposals . |
| 11 | We would ask the Lord Chancellor to look at our contribution closely with a view to adopting it for the judiciary . ’ |
| 12 | Over the years various attempts will have been made to insulate houses like these , but these are unlikely to match modern standards , and it will pay you to check out your existing level of insulation , with a view to improving it for the future . |
| 13 | I spoke to myself and I did n't listen : meaningless words on deaf ears , although they were true , and whoever I was meant them , and whoever I was speaking to knew them for the truth . |
| 14 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 15 | ‘ By asking you for the answer . |
| 16 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 17 | Its efficacy could then be assessed by substituting it for the dictionary definitions in the overlap program . |
| 18 | They 've economised by reducing it for the handout . |
| 19 | They applied the well established ploy of neutralising the troublemaker by proposing him for the position of chairman , where he is obliged above all to be impartial . |