Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) If you know who they are , write to the conveyancers for the seller or buyer , as the case may be , confirming that you are acting for your client , and if your client is the buyer asking for the draft contract documentation , or if you act for the seller , either sending or promising to send the draft agreement for sale . |
| 2 | Do n't give this copy away to Oxfam or when they collect for the hospital . |
| 3 | Our Agent advises that we indicate that £25,000 is the lowest acceptable offer and that she pays for the alteration . |
| 4 | And although she listened for the sound of his steps , she did not hear them . |
| 5 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 6 | And if you go for the land reform , if you promise the peasants the land erm and you 're moving towards a position of , y you , you you 're still thinking exactly what your policy is but under that might come a a realization that absolute egalitarianism is the best way of doing this , look th th there is enough land for us to be able to do this , this is the simplest process which will guarantee for middle peasant status , it will bring their , their living standards up to acceptable levels . |
| 7 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 8 | However , as you have some discretion in these matters , Mr. Speaker , and while we wait for the Scottish electorate to remove the remainder of the Scottish Conservative party from this House , would it not be appropriate for you to give priority to Scottish Members at Scottish Question Time ? |
| 9 | Terry had to go back on Sunday night and before he left for the station hugged his mother and looked fearfully into her drawn face . |
| 10 | Even an ideal concept of income or consumption does not necessarily represent differences in opportunity sets ; and when we allow for the deviation of observable income , or consumption , from the ideal measure , the problems become still more severe . |
| 11 | If you are not too bothered erm , if you do n't know a priori where the break comes , you can just split the sample size in half and just estimate erm an equation for each , not less , you wo n't but the computer will , if you just specify half the sample size , right , and when it asks for the number of observations failure or Chow tests you just press the return key and it will use all the remaining observations , right , but when you are doing the empirical work you should always test for structural stability , right , and er either of Chow 's tests will , will suffice , right , but if you 've got a very small stock sample where there are fewer observations than there are parameters to be estimated you will have to use Chow 's second test failure . |
| 12 | ‘ I have to walk to the bus stop , and when I wait for the bus there 's some of them slag me off and they push you about . |
| 13 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 14 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 15 | We were bunched together in the semi-final of the 1976 Olympic 1500m in Montreal and as we went for the same small gap I felt his spike again my shin . |
| 16 | The next morning he came with me to the station , and as we waited for the train , we watched the crowds . |
| 17 | Naturally Terry had hard-line views on all this , and as we changed for the show on that charged night he proclaimed them to the entire cast , as if he were addressing a meeting . |
| 18 | If it detects an object , it improves definition by increasing the pulse rate to 25–50 per second , and as it swoops for the kill , the rate reaches an incredible 200 per second . |
| 19 | Anna reached the door and as she fumbled for the latch , Melody opened it from the other side . |
| 20 | But if he springs for the Savoy , he 's going to want to try out the stuff he saw in Swedish Au Pairs Get Raunchy . ’ |
| 21 | But if you wait for the cholesterol advice pendulum to complete its swing , you can probably tuck into a cream doughnut instead . |
| 22 | Perhaps the most significant intellectual advance of the mid-20th century was indeed made by Karl Popper , not because he provided any kind of method for scientists to pursue ( as he decidedly did not ) but because he showed for the first time in formal philosophy , that science is inescapably a human activity , and that if its underlying human-ness is ever shelved it is only temporarily , and for convenience , to ameliorate human frailty . |
| 23 | Even the Darwinian theory of evolution was impressive , not because the concept of evolution was new — it had been familiar for decades — but because it provided for the first time a satisfactory explanatory model for the origin of species , and did so in terms which were entirely familiar even to non-scientists , since they echoed the most familiar concept of the liberal economy , competition . |
| 24 | Jones and another top Brit Ieuan Ellis have been flown in … the rest of the field has to be recruited … the New York marathon started with only 20 … but when they gather for the pasta party on the eve of the race … 150 have been signed up … 18 nations will be running |
| 25 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 26 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |
| 27 | He had not been at Eton himself but when he played for the masters his volleying in the Field Game — the Eton form of football — was long remembered . |
| 28 | but when he pauses for the interpreter 's turn |
| 29 | But as we prepared for the day in the early dawn , with the birds tuning up outside our African ‘ rondavel ’ hut , we both felt impelled to reach the tough core of the Right-wing settlers , Smith 's Rhodesia Front . |
| 30 | But as he departed for the pantry the bell rang for afternoon tea to be served . |