Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For now , Therapy ? are at the start of their first proper American jaunt , glad to take a break from the pressures of Britain and their debut major label release , and swap them for the promotional chores of the States . |
| 2 | Other 's forgive me for the wrong doing , and for the harm I do to them , but it 's only God who can forgive my sin . |
| 3 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
| 4 | The other gentleman to whom I referred , Mr. Williams , was deported some little while ago , it being cheaper to deport him than prosecute him for the gross fraud that he has perpetrated against the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | Polar stocks are generally assumed to have accumulated , and still be accumulating , adaptations that equip them for the polar environment ; endemic polar species , that are found only in polar regions , are assumed to be derived from temperate or subpolar stocks , via intermediate stages that no longer exist . |
| 6 | When you send them send them Parcel Class but insure them for the top amount , |
| 7 | A crowd of eager customers would be awaiting his arrival outside the shops and attack him for the particular colour , size or style of dress they had been waiting for . |
| 8 | Save him for the Old Bailey and whichever penal dustbin they locked dope peddlers in . |
| 9 | Thus , if in a set of decimals to be compared , the longest one really is the smallest , it will attract such pupils when they are asked to pick out the smallest as well as those who select it for the correct reason . |
| 10 | Watch it for its parched melancholia : watch it for the fantastic innards-eaten Erich von Stroheim ; watch it and spot which tiny , yet central , image Spielberg nicked from it for ET . |
| 11 | Save yourself for the serious business of eating . |
| 12 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 13 | Probably get one for the little room , probably get er |
| 14 | Reverse it for the bottom lashes — look up in to the mirror about your forehead . |
| 15 | I respect them for the medieval certainty of their beliefs and for the casuistical cunning of their arguments . |
| 16 | ‘ If you invite someone , you invite them for the whole day . ’ |
| 17 | No , they wrote and ask you for the exact date of day I started getting ability allowance . |
| 18 | You have to get him wound down a bit , you have to do it , you know of a about half an hour or so ask him for the proper name ! |
| 19 | of the population the £26.2 billion that they have had in tax cuts and use it for the national health service , pensioners , schools and all the social services . |
| 20 | It is said that there is a spell within the music , and that they always spin it for the true heir , and that it protects that heir throughout his life . |
| 21 | For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon . |
| 22 | I LIKE The Cult , I admire them for the sheer daftness of their post- ‘ Electric ’ output — all gung-ho riffing and ludicrous lyrical conceits — and even found much to savour in the absurdly ambitious ‘ Sonic Temple ’ , where they attempted to sound like all their favourite bands all the way through each song , but ‘ Ceremony ’ is an extremely dull affair . |
| 23 | Their tasks on landing are to check the drop zones and landing sites for enemy activity , and mark them for the incoming aircraft , as well as performing detailed reconnaissance tasks of key targets and objectives . |
| 24 | Score one for the opposing team , Rory thought wryly . |
| 25 | Pressing , as her distresses are , if I did not think her heart was rightly turned , I should be afraid of proposing such a measure , lest it should unsettle the sobriety of her mind , and , by exciting her vanity , indispose her for the laborious employments of her humble condition ; but it would be cruel to imagine that we can not mend her fortune without impairing her virtue . |
| 26 | The people love us for the genuine American feel we bring to the business . |
| 27 | ‘ You never do anything right , you never do anything for the right reasons . |
| 28 | Nobody could believe that the Government do anything for the British coal industry because they are absent from the debate and have not done anything to help our plight . |
| 29 | To all my brothers and sisters who took the time to visit and send cards when I was ill , thank you for the encouraging words and scripture . |
| 30 | Thank you for the Personal Violence issue ( NI 187 ) . |