Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was one thing to be opposed to discrimination ( and many of them now began for the first time to say that they did , indeed , oppose it ) , but it was quite another thing to talk openly about equal validity of sexuality . |
| 2 | There were people everywhere , hundreds of them , most of them beautifully dressed for the highlight of the midsummer festas . |
| 3 | Therefore many of us anxiously wait for the latest anti-theft gadget . |
| 4 | In the best run schools there is a clear cut agenda for the staff meeting with a tight timetable and with everyone well prepared for the business of the meeting . |
| 5 | The Radio 5 commentators were right about him not jumping for the ball — he did n't seem interested . |
| 6 | I became at once possessive about it … there was already talk about the war ending and Sadler 's Wells reopening and it seemed to me entirely fitting for the Sadler 's Wells Company to reopen the theatre at Rosebery Avenue after the war with a new opera by a leading young English composer . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) The firm must indemnify every partner in respect of payments made and personal liabilities incurred by him ( a ) In the ordinary and proper conduct of the business of the firm ; or , ( b ) In or about anything necessarily done for the preservation of the business or property of the firm . |