Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Traffic was heavy and this was no day for me to pick up a ticket . |
2 | Jahangir 's irritation was with the refereeing which , he reckoned , had hindered him throughout the tournament and yesterday he said it ‘ made it hard for me to catch up a couple of points ’ . |
3 | From there it is a comparatively small step for you to take on a role in a piece of forum theatre , and then on to working in role with the whole class . |
4 | That 's generally ample time for you to close down a database without panic , and to switch off the computer in an orderly fashion . |
5 | I had to yell out for him to hang on a minute . ’ |
6 | It was important for him to build up a body of allies to ensure his succession on his father 's death , but he overreached himself , was regarded as a rebel and was killed , after being defeated in battle by Chlothar . |
7 | She must write that letter in time for him to send back a reply . |
8 | As to what would have happened without the event of the accident in her A level year by way of results , I regret I have to find as a fact that she would not in the year of her accident , have achieved the grades necessary for her to take up a place at Norwich City College . |
9 | I knew that she would be feeling timid , and it was rather a climb in any case : comforting for her to come up a flight of steps passing a trellis of gloriously flowering wistaria . |
10 | First of all it 's erm an opportunity for us to find out a bit more about each other . |
11 | But it is a good excuse for us to send out a patrol of our own . |