Example sentences of "and [vb infin] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't really matter much — it was an opportunity to seize on , to keep and cultivate for its potential usefulness : what a useful child … thank you , darling … |
| 2 | And all this was reflected in a book of genius he was going to translate and embellish for his own ends . |
| 3 | Rogers hoped that King would go off and look for his own target , and not stick close to him . |
| 4 | That is as absurd as if there were to be competition locally between environmental health officers or , nationally , if British Telecom and Mercury were to pick and pay for their own regulators . |
| 5 | Patients must be allowed to come to terms , they must grieve and mourn for their lost limbs , lost abilities or lost looks and be helped to adjust to their lost body-image . |
| 6 | As Wright and Ford say , the overwhelming responsibility of governments is to feed and care for their own people . |