Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your sum insured is less than that recommended for your type of home , we strongly recommend that you increase it . |
| 2 | Shower and bath gels , face masks and deodorants bought by women are also favourites , although men are too lazy to shop for their own . |
| 3 | And that goes for your girlfriend and the punctured cab driver too . |
| 4 | He looked around and added : ‘ That goes for your shadow-loving fleabag partner too , wherever he 's hiding . ’ |
| 5 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 6 | Her own life , from then until her death in 1937 , was empty and unhappy ; the luxuries like a flat in London , foreign holidays and a car , which Hardy 's death made possible , did little to compensate for her loneliness . |
| 7 | The extra pound a day for their film work did little to compensate for their tiredness which surely must have been as much due to under-nourishment as overwork . |
| 8 | It had been a few years since he had served Mass last as an altar-boy in Rosstrevor , and even the new authority of his police sergeant 's stripes did little to compensate for his nervousness at being on the altar again . |
| 9 | However , without exception , all the women had to make some economies because their wages had been an essential part of the household economy and their benefits were too low to compensate for their lost earnings . |
| 10 | They also remarked with astonishment a sort of combat between God and her without being able to determine whether God was more occupied in seeking in the secrets of his wisdom the means of exercising her by suffering than she was disposed to suffer for his love ; for she showed an incredible avidity for crosses and an invincible patience over her trials and over every affliction which Almighty God sent to exercise her love and fidelity . |
| 11 | Suggestions of obligating the unemployed to work for their benefits are quite in keeping for a Government which has done virtually everything else it can to ensure that millions of Britons will work for derisory incomes . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd just had some done for our engagement . |
| 13 | This depends for its prima facie plausibility upon the assumption that there can , should or must be a correlation between the quantity of energy incident on nervous tissue and the intensity of experience . |
| 14 | At one time they could turn to the Government 's agricultural advisory service , but now this charges for its help and is too expensive to consult in many cases . |
| 15 | This feel for his native countryside comes through strongly in his photographs ; person , camera and landscape being in creative harmony . |
| 16 | The Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt had sent a crisp 10s note for her train fare and expenses , and that sum would adequately cover those . |
| 17 | Leapor is prepared to fight for her dignity , and , indeed , believes it is in women 's characters to resist a tyranny , even if they are deprived of the hope of success . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're not a drugs band and we 're prepared to fight for our beliefs . ’ |
| 19 | This accounts for its greasy texture . |
| 20 | Perhaps this accounts for our dual response to the book : we are simultaneously moved to tears and to laughter . |
| 21 | But it is one thing to document the diversity in local authority expenditure and political activity ; it is another to account for its origins and maintenance . |
| 22 | What will this mean for my borough ? |
| 23 | I really need this tour for my career ha ha ! ’ |
| 24 | Another opinion poll , published in the magazine Cambio 16 , found that only 8% of those questioned were prepared to die for their country . |
| 25 | And today he revealed that his wife is now prepared to die for her political convictions . |
| 26 | The house disappeared long ago but a monument erected near the site in 1825 bears witness to the life and death of a sincere Christian man who was prepared to die for his Faith . |
| 27 | Take the case of the inhabitants of an island who mistakenly think that the price which the rest of the economy is prepared to pay for its output has risen . |
| 28 | Have they when says that he 's willing to pay for erm Mrs disguises the maid , he says he 's willing to pay for her services . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd be willing to pay for your help . ’ |
| 30 | His new-round reputation was also reflected in smart London society flocking to see the latest novelties from Australia — dead and alive — in the ornithologist 's house in Broad Street , as well as the number of subscribers willing to pay for his extravagant Australian publications , which would provide him with an income for the next 30 years . |