Example sentences of "[verb] for [indef pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a good idea to wait for one to three months , after coming off the Pill , to see what effect this has — for some women , the Pill itself is the unsuspected source of vague health problems , so the anti- Candida diet may be unnecessary . |
| 2 | He telephoned the Forensic Science Laboratory and arranged for someone to be sent down . |
| 3 | Portillo it 's alleged then arranged for someone to , Blow the hell out of Mr Wilson . |
| 4 | I had a fair idea as to who had done it , and I passed on my suspicions about so-and-so and so-and-so , and asked for something to be done about it . |
| 5 | She seemed uncertain of her English , and asked for everything to be repeated . |
| 6 | it 's like that argument , that , when you look for a marriage partner you 're either looking for somebody to re if you 're a woman , to replicate your father , or to be |
| 7 | ARE YOU looking for something to liven up your Monday evenings ? |
| 8 | Continental streams run for one to three months annually , those of the maritime Antarctic for four to six months or more . |
| 9 | I mean I think it 's , I mean I I have personally asked this question a number of times and pressed for everybody to be paid properly in inverted commas , I E monthly , but this is an assumption about a certain lifestyle and a certain way of budgeting which er I do n't think we have necessarily the right or , you know it 's not necessarily our |
| 10 | Er so there will be er a loss to us there of about three hundred pounds because erm we were asking for something to be made and therefore I think I would say quite rightly but in view of this experience perhaps never again , er made some advance contribution , you know to the cost or made some , gave some money in advance blah blah blah . |
| 11 | It seemed the IRA had the capacity to bomb more towns , and Mr Mallon called for everyone to be on the alert . |
| 12 | Who comes along and says he 'll pay for everything to be put to rights ? |
| 13 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 14 | Men do so long for someone to be in charge . |
| 15 | That evening I wrote again to Mrs Girdlestone and said I would come and see how things were with my aunt , and if possible arrange for something to be done . |
| 16 | If you have n't got one of these to hand , perhaps we could arrange for one to be taken over the next few months . |
| 17 | This mite feeds for one to ten days and then drops off , spending the rest of its life in the ground eating , among other things , plant pests and hookworm larvae . |
| 18 | To a romantic affectionate boy such as Rich , watching the wear of work , sensing the tensions of poverty , longing for everything to be given to those who cared for him so much , money could seem the sole solution , the salvation . |