Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am writing to thank you for the Morrissey article . |
| 2 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 3 | That ‘ little grey home in the west ’ idea was n't going to fool her for a minute ; it was easy to see that the man sitting next to her loved every minute of his fast-living , action-packed life . |
| 4 | Because if we 're going to use it for the ragtime and er |
| 5 | And erm they were going to send her for an interview straight away . |
| 6 | So that you 've got a vague idea of er what 's going to befall you for the rest of today ? |
| 7 | I was n't going to answer him back , even with ‘ He wanted to bring that lizard back — was he going to keep it for a pet ? ’ — not if he was going to be like that . |
| 8 | Wallering Remember Christopher Robin , his wise old house spelt his name Wal We 're going to name you for the elms at the foot of the garden . |
| 9 | Perhaps he was going to touch me for the air fare home . |
| 10 | Then one day , when she came out of school there was a car waiting to take her for a screen test , and something magical happened as soon as she stood in front of a camera , and she became an actress , a real actress not a washed-up joke like her mother , and everyone admired her . |
| 11 | There are 16 steam engines waiting to take you for a ride from Northiam , the setting for Anneka Rice 's famous ‘ Challenge ’ , to historic Tenterden , the station seen in ITV 's ‘ The Darling Buds of May ’ — you can even travel in Ma Larkin 's steam train ! |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't imagine what she wants , ’ Joanna said , ‘ unless , having quarelled with Robert , she 's going to ask you for a job . ’ |
| 13 | No-one could have known that she was going to bring them for the weekend . ’ |
| 14 | The $420m a year that America has been getting to compensate it for the loss in sales of farm products to Spain and Portugal after they joined the Community was due to run out in 1990 . |
| 15 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 16 | Without them having to ask us for the address . |
| 17 | Material , otherwise privileged , would be excluded from protection only in what , it is to be hoped , is the very rare case of the crooked solicitor who holds the material intending to use it for the furtherance of a personal criminal purpose . |
| 18 | I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way . |
| 19 | ‘ Naturally we 're hoping that you 'll continue to use your skills on the front line , so to speak , but the advertising department are hoping to use you for a bit of company PR . |
| 20 | He offered to tutor the girl , but after trying to teach her for a while , gave it up as he considered she was unable to focus on what she was being taught . |
| 21 | I wonder whether they were n't trying to get it for the museum . |
| 22 | Slinkton is planning to murder her for the insurance money , and Sampson contrives to warn her of her danger during an interview on the sands . |