Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the council sought to evict him for non-payment of the extra rent he pleaded in defence that the resolution was invalid . |
| 2 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 3 | ‘ What the hell do you want to see him for ? ’ asked Brown . |
| 4 | They 'll want to see her for sure . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What does he want to interview you for ? ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 7 | Finally she agreed to meet him for lunch the following week , and they agreed a time and a place . |
| 8 | He finally agreed to meet us for lunch at the Mayflower Hotel , but nothing happened between them . |
| 9 | An important element of any compensation payment is the damages intended to compensate you for the injury itself , and the effect it has on you and your lifestyle , both today and in the future . |
| 10 | ‘ I was wondering whether you 'd arranged to meet her for a talk — to break the news to her ? ’ |
| 11 | Vivien had some friends still up at Oxford and had arranged to meet them for lunch at the Randolph Hotel . |
| 12 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 13 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 14 | Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . |
| 15 | Yeah she said she has to wear them for the television |
| 16 | ‘ I want to thank him for his patience , foresight , and ability to interpret my ideas , incorporate his own with them , and achieve what you see here tonight . |
| 17 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 18 | The cards and calls from well-wishers have been a real pick-me-up and I want to thank everyone for their concern and support . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 22 | So , instead , she said , ‘ I really want to thank you for being so good with Emily today . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I want to thank you for all you did for Mam . |
| 24 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 27 | The film we 're going to see is Flatliners , and Denice tells us she 's been dying to see it for ages . |
| 28 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 29 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 30 | They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked . |