Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them make programmes for each other . |
| 2 | ‘ Then let me make excuses for her ! ’ she flared . |
| 3 | If you are using a removal firm ask them to provide tea-chests for all the small items , and they will pack them for you . |
| 4 | The 1962 Act required LEAs in England and Wales to provide grants for all first-degree courses in accordance with national rules and income scales ( ‘ mandatory awards ’ ) , and allowed them to provide grants for further education ( ‘ discretionary awards ’ ) . |
| 5 | Section 17(1) imposes a general welfare duty on local authorities and obliges them to provide services for a particular group of children identified as children in need . |
| 6 | We grow them to provide jobs for poor Filipinos and to enable the Philippines government to export . |
| 7 | Making the most of a buyer 's market , I asked dealers for their advice . |
| 8 | I remember my own mother saying , when I was undergoing tests to discover why my periods had stopped , that we need n't worry , they were an expensive nuisance , what did I want periods for anyway ? |
| 9 | Something the innkeeper had said when I made apologies for possessing no luggage had begun to tip my mood . |
| 10 | I made enquiries for your mother . |
| 11 | My fifteen miles ' walk had whetted my appetite , and therefore I looked with no angry gaze on Ranza Inn , and , despite the large company of tourists airing themselves outside , I made inquiries for breakfast , and was told it would not be ready for an hour ( it was now nine o'clock ) . |
| 12 | ‘ So , while trying to contact you this morning , I made arrangements for us to fly to New York later on this afternoon . |
| 13 | And I made locks for lighthouses , I 'm not boasting my lad , and they 'd li locks , locks for lighthouses pretty near all round the world . |
| 14 | I mean plans for education ? |
| 15 | I sold newspapers for a bit . |
| 16 | ‘ Frankly , I make clothes for women to look sweet . |
| 17 | I make allowances for the fact that the hon. Gentleman clearly prepared his supplementary before the news was announced . |
| 18 | I make allowances for old'uns who have rubber sharks in their cars : - ) |
| 19 | But I got plans for this money . |
| 20 | ‘ I got tickets for it about a month ago and I 'm thoroughly looking forward to seeing it . ’ |
| 21 | Course I do get the Woman and the Woman 's Own plus I swap Options for the Cosmopolitan off our Joy . |
| 22 | For clothes , I suggest catalogues for a good selection . |
| 23 | He went on flatly : ‘ So I fixed things for him — he was posted to Germany ; we did n't want him in London having to ride the cocktail circuit . ’ |
| 24 | Have I prepared gestures for the hymn ? |
| 25 | If the truth were known , it is only because I have for so long been lonely that I welcome demands for help . |
| 26 | When I think of my previous existence — of all I thought I could reasonably expect of the rest of my life , an allowed place at the extreme corner of someone 's drawing-room carpet , a Servant 's garret or no better , I give thanks for every little thing , which is unspeakably dear to me . |
| 27 | When I explain that I read books for a living , people launch into a frenzy of apologetic explanation : ‘ I do n't have the time ! ’ ; |
| 28 | I set traps for you , and you seemed to fall into them — that is , you reacted as I longed for you to react , but you were n't supposed to react at all because you were n't supposed to feel anything for me ! |
| 29 | When I discovered designs for slip in the pattern library books supplied by the manufacturers I was pleasantly surprised . |
| 30 | ‘ I ordered beds for you weeks ago , and the company promised faithfully they 'll be delivered tomorrow morning , but that does n't mean a thing . |