Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 2 | But they do it though and they expect the cleaners to do it for no extra pay ? |
| 3 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 4 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 5 | In all such cases the plaintiff is entitled to damages to compensate him for the lost benefit . |
| 6 | But in the former case the plaintiff will have a capital asset in his hands , and he is only entitled to recover damages to compensate him for the additional expenditure involved . |
| 7 | And when the bridal party came out into the church porch and stood blinking and smiling in the winter daylight , Sir Felix Lark , his wild eyes excessively unstable , was instantly at Linnet 's elbow , topping the suave invitations of Mr Adolphus Moon to meet his artistic friends with offers to mount her for the Far Flatley hunt . |
| 8 | He would take frustrating and puzzling journeys on the serpentine British railways to see her for a snatched fraction of a weekend in a provincial rep . |