Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun prp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there was still a long way to go for Spain to be fully integrated into the world concert of nations ; indeed , this was not possible while Franco lived . |
| 2 | Usually Beth accompanied her to town , but , seeing as the Hansom would be going right by the flower-shop , she had arranged for Cissie to be dropped off there . |
| 3 | The doctor came , and arranged for Esther to be re-admitted to the gynaecological ward of the hospital so that she could continue nursing the baby , if possible . |
| 4 | But they only asked for Eva to be found , not brought home . |
| 5 | In a meeting in Washington with International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) Managing Director Michel Camdessus , Menem asked for Argentina to be given more time to make debt repayments to the Fund . |
| 6 | The DGM thus argued for Banstead to be absolved from the competitive tendering process . |
| 7 | And Dons boss Joe Kinnear reckons the time has come for Fashanu to be reconsidered by England in time for next month 's World Cup qualifier against Norway at Wembley . |
| 8 | As expected ( UX No 433 ) , Microsoft Corp did n't wait for SunSelect to actually announce its Windows-on-Unix WABI system before taking retaliatory action — see front page . |
| 9 | The Leander class frigate headed for Portsmouth to be decommissioned after paying a final farewell to Teesside . |
| 10 | There had been so much to see and she 'd ached for Fernando to be beside her to show her everything . |
| 11 | We were n't prepared for Texas to be quite so — er , Texan . |
| 12 | When the time came for Stalin to be removed from the atheist Pantheon as a heretic , it was done posthumously by transferring his corpse to an obscure place rather like a properly canonised saint having the procedure reversed . |
| 13 | I can t wait for Marie to be finished here so we can walk down the street in our new clothes . |
| 14 | As we wait for Christ to be revealed we do not know when he will appear . |
| 15 | Further options are planned in Renaissance Culture and in Travel Writing for Homer to Chatwin . |
| 16 | Waiting for Bella to be furious and upset . |
| 17 | If you are waiting for God to suddenly send some new blessings , you 'll wait for eternity ! |
| 18 | Police moved on the protestors who gathered in the car park after the game calling for Gray to be sacked . |
| 19 | The plan calls for Berlin to be made a centre for international conferences and youth exchanges and for improving air traffic to the city . |
| 20 | I arranged for Jaggers to be his lawyer , but Jaggers warned me there was almost no hope of saving his life . |
| 21 | At the same time he arranged for Burgess to be sent home to extricate Maclean before the net closed . |
| 22 | Initially , the doctors were not sure whether Dawn had suffered brain damage , so they arranged for Dawn to be transferred , still on the life-support machine , to a nearby hospital which could perform a CAT scan . |
| 23 | Demonstrations began on 11 February in Stepanakert , the regional capital , and led to the adoption of a resolution by the regional soviet on 20 February which called for Nagorno-Karabakh to be transferred back to Armenia . |
| 24 | When George Bush called for Saddam to be deposed , it was clear that : he did not want the Kurds to do it ( that would displease Turkey , Syria , Iran and Russia , and therefore , everybody else ) ; he did not want the Shiites to do it ( that would please Iran and so displease everybody else ) ; and he was not sure if he wanted the Sunnis to do it ( because that might make the Kurds and the Shiites do it , too ) . |
| 25 | As well as campaigning for Oban to be made into a national park , WWF is also working closely with the government to nurture sustainable forest management . |
| 26 | Environmentalists are campaigning for Antarctica to be awarded World Park status before exploration companies wreak havoc on the huge colonies of wildlife . |
| 27 | Of the time estimated for Inverness to Dalwhinnie he said : ’ It 's unrealistic unless you are travelling in a dustcart . ’ |
| 28 | The crowd and television fans will be thirsting for Eubank to be more positive than against Tony Thornton two months ago , when he simply shouldered arms and retreated during the last two rounds before nicking the points decision . |
| 29 | While he waited for Ruane to be announced from the hall desk , he read . |
| 30 | ‘ Arrange for Kirov to be pulled in by the KGB . |