Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived in France all his life and , apart from three years spent in London ( 1857–61 ) training for a business career , only visited Britain for short painting expeditions on three other occasions in 1874 , 1881 , and 1897 . |
| 2 | Experience has shown that it is not enough to train PHCNs for a year and then send to isolated rural clinics . |
| 3 | His subsequent progress inside the Corporation was rapid and distinctive — from the external services in Bush House to Canada again , this time as BBC representative from 1956 to 1959 ; back to Bush House as head of external broadcasting administration ; on to Broadcasting House as the BBC 's secretary ( 1963–6 ) , a post of varying status and influence at different times in the history of the BBC , but during the regime of the director-general , Sir Hugh Greene , who had personally selected Curran for the job , a key post drawing him into discussions of policy , often highly controversial policy , as well as of administration ; back again to Bush House as director of external services ( 1967–9 ) , which brought him into close touch with government ; and on Greene 's retirement , becoming , to his considerable surprise , director-general himself in April 1969 . |
| 4 | Pavilion has hitherto used Bloomsbury for sales representation and DMS-Media Services for distribution . |
| 5 | Sometimes I so hated JTR for putting me in this position . |
| 6 | I only fed Rachel for about three weeks . |
| 7 | The British became a dominant influence in Persian life during the nineteenth century ; but to this day many Persians believe that Britain merely exploited Persia for the sake of India throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 8 | Of course , you only get UB for the days you are unemployed . |
| 9 | He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment . |
| 10 | Melissa was about to retort that as she had only known Bonard for three days he could hardly be described as a friend of hers , when a surprised , ‘ Well , what do you know ? ’ from Jack made them both glance round . |
| 11 | Hearing that Balsley was not expected to live , Chapman literally scoured France for oranges . |
| 12 | I know many of us agree with these sentiments and perhaps envy Terry for getting out now . |
| 13 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |
| 14 | Gorbachev eventually proved willing not only to condemn Stalin for the imprisonment and execution of loyal Russians in the 1930s , but also to concede that Stalin had secretly divided eastern Europe with Hitler in 1939 . |
| 15 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 16 | ( they had all left Iran for the United States a few weeks before their parents ) . |
| 17 | Wow — I so thank GOD for Jesus . |
| 18 | The sessions largely consisted of assurances from DEC of its continued commitment to the OSF/1 operating system on the MIPS line , in the face of surprisingly strong customer reaction to the news of DEC 's recent pronouncements that it would only offer OSF/1 for Alpha ( UX No 386 ) . |
| 19 | You may only activate DCs for which you are the associated user . |
| 20 | And in the age-old tradition of sirens , whatever their sex , Zambia used the opportunity of post-coital languor , not to mention the accessory of intoxication , to gently squeeze Tammuz for information . |
| 21 | I wanted a light for my fag — I 'd run out of matches — so I opened the door of the box and just asked Charlie for a light . |
| 22 | I just asked Potter for leave . |
| 23 | It 's only just launched the Sigma but is already pressing Japan for more volume , and pretty soon will have the new-generation Shoguns . |
| 24 | Maybe you have visited Amsterdam and want to venture further afield , or perhaps you prefer to stay outside the city and just visit Amsterdam for a day excursion . |
| 25 | Second , when prayer is seen as a conversation with a very dear friend , we begin to understand prayer as far , far more than just asking God for a hand-out . |
| 26 | Many of us have already served JS for ten years , with many more , we hope , to come . |
| 27 | With West Indies on 147 for 2 and Richards and Richardson in full flow , the game had West Indies ' name on it ; Richards , with 51 from as many balls , had already struck Hemmings for two sixes , but now the Notts man flighted in a superb ball that deceived him completely and took his off-stump . |
| 28 | Churchill had already earmarked Lyttleton for the job . |
| 29 | Egyptian intelligence handed over Mahmud Abu Halima , 34 , to the Federal Bureau of Investigation agents , said a security source , and they had already left Egypt for the United States . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've just signed Schwarzenegger for a three-movie deal , my wife 's oil paintings are going to be shown in a major London gallery , my son got first-class honours at Oxford and I 've won half a million on the pools . ’ |