Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Bit less to say for himself than usual , but that 's no bad thing . " |
| 2 | You know , as she had no family or friends , he was kind enough to pay for her to go to school , and found her a job here with your uncle . |
| 3 | Newsagent Jeff McKenna who runs a shop in Murray Street , Hartlepool , wants local traders and residents to club together to pay for a policeman to patrol their area exclusively . |
| 4 | It flattered his vanity to think himself in love with me ; it also gave him , I believe , some unadmitted pleasure constantly to long for my flesh and yet always to forbid himself the attaining of it : to deny himself was just as exciting as to indulge himself . |
| 5 | One sees the pleasure Bill Deedes will have got , pleasure enough to last for months . |
| 6 | The council has asked for nonperishable food and basic medicines to add to the convoy of aid soon to depart for Russia . |
| 7 | Baldwin contemplated all this at Aix , and made up his mind both to go for protection and to put at risk the first independent Conservative majority for two decades . |
| 8 | I doubted it because whatever the efficacy of Dr Gyggle 's treatment and however convincing his explanation of how a lonely and fucked-up boy built up a delusion both to compensate for the lack of a father and punish himself for his own Oedipal crime , I still could n't convince myself that I was entirely rid of my mage . |
| 9 | Second , a related point , Thessalian cavalry was the best in Greece : Xerxes had heard this ( Hdt. vii.196 ) and held a gymkhana there to see for himself ( actually the Thessalian horses were defeated by Xerxes ' own ) . |
| 10 | Then when it appeared the problem had been solved , Morgan alleges he hid outside Docherty 's and overheard him ringing the journalist again to apologise for his outburst claiming it was only done to fool the player . |
| 11 | I think it would be better , in my own experience , move over to that er the left a little bit just to go for a slightly more interesting composition . |
| 12 | What Chris Bonington has achieved in terms of single-minded organisation and drive , or what Reinhold Messner has demonstrated by his speed and panache , have been matched by Doug Scott 's determination always to try for something different and never to be satisfied by the more obvious and easier routes to success . |
| 13 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 14 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 15 | We have the equipment here to test for proteinuria , do n't we ? ’ |
| 16 | Jaqueline had retired from her job early to care for her 69-year-old mother with senile dementia , and was outraged to find that because she had a husband she did not qualify for the invalid care allowance . |
| 17 | Few people realise just how basic is the need deliberately to look for alternatives . |
| 18 | There now seemed no need even to ask for help ; my needs were known , so I waited for a cure . |
| 19 | I trudged up to the camp-site again , to find that there was no need even to look for driftwood for a fire . |
| 20 | The public could be charged a tax specifically to pay for publicly funded legal services , in the same way as the National Health Service , Stephen Gilchrist , a London solicitor , told the International Bar Association conference in Strasbourg . |
| 21 | The person most to blame for the appearance of shambles is the man who is supposed to be in charge |
| 22 | Put ½ lb. of fine dried apricots to soak in water just to cover for a couple of hours — or overnight if it is more convenient . |
| 23 | A day longer to wait for a letter ! |
| 24 | A GIRL of seven has become the youngest person ever to sue for sexual harassment . |
| 25 | On very few coasts is there sufficient depth of water offshore to allow for merely vertical displacement of the shoreline following a rejuvenation . |
| 26 | Villagers have contributed an average of three pounds each towards the video camera scheme , most say that 's a small price indeed to pay for some added peace of mind . |
| 27 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 28 | So intrigued did Charlie become by these seemingly endless selling opportunities that he started to take a tram up to the West End on a Sunday morning just to see for himself . |
| 29 | There is enough area there to call for a two-person crew , so launching is rarely a problem . |
| 30 | The bill was designed to permit workers in companies with more than 50 employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually to care for a sick or new child , receive medical treatment or tend to a seriously ill spouse or parent . |