Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 2 | He can still settle or ask the court to award damages on the old basis of including something for the future risk . |
| 3 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 4 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 5 | Mr Gillance said : ‘ He turned to dishonesty in the hope of providing something for the two of them because by then they were in debt . ’ |
| 6 | Instead of blaming them for a small error , I praise them for being 99 percent perfect . |
| 7 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | The earlier cases do not make any reference to the possibility of arresting someone for the sole purpose of questioning him or her with a view to obtaining a confession . |
| 10 | While BT has the right to terminate the deal between years three and six , it also has the option of extending it for a further three years . |