Example sentences of "[verb] for [pn reflx] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shrugger does n't care whether he lives or dies — and the designer duel arranged for himself by this divided and indifferent man is a form of Russian roulette . |
| 2 | If you try to make life complicated for yourself by using the wrong tool or handling it in an inappropriate fashion then the result is solely your responsibility . |
| 3 | We 're not making any of this up , you know — it 's all perfectly true , as you can discover for yourselves by visiting the ICA before September 1st , when the Man Ray & Wegman show will officially close . |
| 4 | The business-inclined Whigs believed that victory in Europe would automatically secure our overseas interests : the land-owning Tories , with their traditional dislike of the high taxation needed to pay for a standing army , sought to achieve the same ends with peripheral maritime operations , carried out by the Navy , which could largely pay for themselves by taking other powers ' colonies and trading posts . |
| 5 | It should quickly pay for itself by saving computational time , increasing accuracy and reducing parts costs by minimising expenditure on E48 or E96 parts where cheaper E24 values will do . |
| 6 | So parents actually welcomed the possibility of a large family : an extra pair of hands could soon pay for itself by working in the fields as well as ensuring security for the parents ' old age . |
| 7 | Investment in an agency , branch or subsidiary will be expected to pay for itself by generating extra business . |
| 8 | According to Lovins , ‘ the equipment more than pays for itself by costing less to maintain ’ . |
| 9 | In one town , however , second wave fundholders had been told to fend for themselves by those in the first wave . |