Example sentences of "[verb] of [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making a will is the surest way anyone has of providing for others after their death . |
| 2 | She said that had been his double and he 'd got away scot-free to come to live in the last country in the world where people would think of looking for him . |
| 3 | Nobody would think of looking for him in the Channel Islands . |
| 4 | I scooped them up before he could think of asking for a receipt and zippered them into a jacket pocket . |
| 5 | But his career all but ended that August day in 1967 when the MCC announced he 'd been suspended from bowling suspected of throwing for the rest of the season . |
| 6 | Mr Waite , formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury 's envoy , had been trying to secure the release of Western hostages when he was himself captured because he was suspected of spying for the Americans . |
| 7 | The State Department announced on Feb. 7 that Felix Bloch , a US diplomat suspected of spying for the Soviet Union , had been informed that he was being suspended without pay with immediate effect . |
| 8 | A candidate will be accused of canvassing for votes on another 's territory , or of fighting the election on his own behalf and without so much as a mention of his running-mates or even of his party . |
| 9 | He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the monarchy . |
| 10 | They are being held hostage with three other peacekeeping officials after being accused of spying for the Phnom Penh Government . |
| 11 | Relations between Egypt and Israel , already strained by differences over the Middle East peace process , deteriorated further after the arrest of four Israeli citizens accused of spying for the Jewish state in the first such case since the signing of the Camp David peace accords between the two countries in 1978 [ see pp. 29654-60 ] . |
| 12 | In 1968 arrests of suspected opponents of the regime were commonplace ; the following year there were spectacular trials and executions of men accused of spying for Israel . |
| 13 | He had been criticized for failing to do enough to prevent a spate of serious attacks on foreign workers and asylum-seekers in the state , and had also been accused of working for the Stasi . |
| 14 | The arrest in October 1990 of Klaus Kuron , a senior West German intelligence officer accused of working for the East German State Security Service ( Stasi ) [ see p. 37828 ] , resulted in the arrests of many others accused of spying [ see p. 37828 ] . |
| 15 | Her dress sense was faultless and Félix had taught her that she could wear eye-catching colours that she would n't have thought of choosing for herself . |
| 16 | Have you thought of applying for the police force ? ’ |
| 17 | She had actually thought of asking for no less than John now proposed ; so why did it feel like a slap in the face ? |
| 18 | The result was that sometimes members of the family or others who went to her for help came away empty-handed , however great their needs or deserts might be ; Addy never used need as a yardstick But on the other side of the medal were the occasions , such as this one , when she volunteered something you 'd never have dreamed of asking for , and you were free to accept it because you knew she 'd be disappointed , not relieved , if you refused . |
| 19 | There were enough provisions here to feed her for a week — and in far more luxury than she would have dreamt of buying for herself . |
| 20 | As chairman of the Slovak Social Democratic Party in Czechoslovakia 's eastern region , he never tired of fighting for a common state of Czechs and Slovaks . |
| 21 | Out players were apoplectic and our secretary , a local bank manager , talked of suing for libel ; but the Captain threw back his head with two guffaws and said of course we 'd play them and show them a thing or two . |
| 22 | Investigation revealed the sale of at least 63 works in the past six months ; yesterday a source close to Charles Saatchi was prepared to concede that the volume of sales was higher than previously stated , and that the works disposed of account for some 10 to 12 per cent of the collection , which suggests a true figure of between 70 and 100 individual sales . |
| 23 | Why he or the Queen never thought of searching for the King is a mystery . ’ |
| 24 | There were moments when she thought of looking for outside help but there was really no one she could turn to . |
| 25 | I thought of going for a coffee , but , |
| 26 | Paul speaks of suing for it before the praetor fideicommissarius . |
| 27 | The missing 90 per cent is where the left-hand brain thinkers would not dream of looking for it — it lies in our capacity to create pictures , to visualize . |
| 28 | ‘ I would never dream of marrying for anything less than love . ’ |
| 29 | Of course , policmen never think of paying for what they buy and we do not ask them for money . |
| 30 | Alcohol can make a big difference to the final bill so take care choosing wines and think of opting for a good sparkling wine rather than Champagne . |