Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 2 | ‘ By asking you for the answer . |
| 3 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |
| 4 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |
| 5 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 6 | Its efficacy could then be assessed by substituting it for the dictionary definitions in the overlap program . |
| 7 | They 've economised by reducing it for the handout . |
| 8 | They applied the well established ploy of neutralising the troublemaker by proposing him for the position of chairman , where he is obliged above all to be impartial . |