Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I said , or perhaps one of my voices said it for me , " I do n't know . |
| 2 | She looked up , clutching her inadequate plush tablecloths , the supple line of her body begging him for a ride . |
| 3 | He flushed with anger when he remembered how the legal aid he had levied to furnish her to her wedding had brought in only miserable trickles of money on the date appointed , and how he had been forced to send out letters to all and sundry requesting loans to help to pay for her clothes and dowry , and even to borrow abjectly from the City of London and some of its richest citizens , with all the members of his council pledging themselves for repayment , so low was his own credit fallen . |
| 4 | He says they stopped selling replica handguns because he suspected that some of his customers wanted them for possible criminal reasons . |
| 5 | A FATHER who has every justification for being very proud of his daughter nominates her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 6 | The deference of his courtiers did nothing for this — that was a piece from a different jigsaw puzzle he had already solved . |
| 7 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 8 | Jim Haywood , of Sandwell council 's environmental health department , said : ‘ The tortoises looked so lifelike that one of our officers bought one for his garden . ’ |