Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 2 | He can still settle or ask the court to award damages on the old basis of including something for the future risk . |
| 3 | He himself had drunk one quick light beer before excusing himself for an early night . |
| 4 | A MAN shot dead his teenage daughter after mistaking her for a burglar . |
| 5 | CHARITY is a divine attribute , but we are enjoined to give forgetfully lest we fall into the absurd error of mistaking ourselves for gods . |
| 6 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 7 | To round up clans of Ayoreo Indians with the dubious intent of rescuing them for Christianity , massacring those resistant to ‘ taming , imprisoning the remainder and allowing them to sink into ill-health and torpor , seems monstrous . |
| 8 | Finally , one other began to use heroin almost by default in that he and a friend bought heroin with the specific aim of selling it for a profit . |
| 9 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 10 | With a sense of impending doom heavy on her shoulders , she went up to their shared suite to have a long , relaxing shower before preparing herself for the fireworks that would inevitably , as night overtook day , follow . |
| 11 | The hospital and all that went with it had been such an oasis in the alarming wilderness of doing everything for , and chiefly by , myself ; now it came to the point of leaving it , I was scared . |
| 12 | It can be extended for the specific purpose of retraining you for new work provided that any agreement to do so : |
| 13 | It was of the two of us leaning up against the Arch of Titus in Rome — we had bullied some fellow tourist into taking it for us . |
| 14 | Three days ago she had refused her final chance of giving it for love . |
| 15 | With modern-day technology it is getting harder to achieve all the time , but there is one common denominator in the case of Eric Liddell and Allan Wells , and that is the fierce determination to win and the intense pride of doing it for Scotland . |
| 16 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |