Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not strongly enough to kill me for that , but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also . |
| 2 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 3 | Because such objects gain value as time elapses it means that a profit can be realised by anyone patient enough to conceal them for twenty years . |
| 4 | In fact , within two years I had gone to the other extreme , washing shorts for lads who were old enough to do it for themselves , and baking cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away . |
| 5 | Because these are so individually made , they 're rather like instruments which have been devised for a specific individual , and so to criticise them for details of design is hardly fair . |
| 6 | He had time only to recognise it for what it was — a signal flare gun — before it belched a tongue of green flame at him . |
| 7 | Although the butler had never said or intimated anything untoward , Michael had grown up with prejudice long enough to recognize it for what it was . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd rather be doing it on my own , ’ Maria responded waspishly , taking advantage of the fact that no one was near enough to overhear them for the moment . |
| 9 | ‘ But is it enough to marry him for ? |
| 10 | They 're rich enough to pay for it and smart enough to get it for free . |
| 11 | Well , Mrs Davis , I ca n't promise you a rise ( and I certainly would n't be bold enough to ask you for a hug ! ) but what I can offer you is the chance to choose between a substantial pay-rise … £1,500 a year … and a cheque for the generous sum of £15,000 . |
| 12 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 13 | However , his wife pointed out that Katy seemed no longer to approach him for attention — instead she had began to play by herself in very stereotyped and restricted ways . |
| 14 | I bump into a lot of people at conferences , so I have n't been able to write formally to thank you for the meeting because I do n't want anything on the record then |
| 15 | Her parents offered no explanation when police boarded their plane at Chicago airport yesterday to arrest them for abandoning their children . |
| 16 | She was lying in a freezing ditch , still with her pet dog , four days after she left home to take it for a walk . |
| 17 | The presbyterie taking the heignanseness of the crime in their consideration doe in odium fanti at terrorum allis appoint Mr. David Sympson his parish minister publickly to rebuke him for it before the congregation and then to take occasion to admonish the people against the evil of such practices and they recommend to the Baillie of Ila to put the acts of parliament against charmers in execution . |
| 18 | The presbyterie taking the heignanseness of the crime in their consideration doe in odium fanti at terrorum allis appoint Mr. David Sympson his parish minister publickly to rebuke him for it before the congregation and then to take occasion to admonish the people against the evil of such practices and they recommend to the Baillie of Ila to put the acts of parliament against charmers in execution . |
| 19 | This was clearly to prepare him for the task of taking over the captaincy the next summer . |
| 20 | Twenty five , yes an and for that he can make hims he does n't want to really to pay me for food at all so I 'm going to tell him that he can have his cups , spare cups of tea and a drink of milk an and some toast . |
| 21 | The Conservative government has deprived North Tyneside of £300m in grant money since 1980 , What a cheek now to ask me for a donation . |
| 22 | And indeed it was from this time that he began to suffer the kind of serious ill health which was regularly to affect him for the rest of his life . |
| 23 | Konstantin Rusakov , present CC Secretary for intra-bloc relations , does indeed fault the Gierek leadership for ‘ big mistakes and miscalculations … in economic and social policy ’ , but goes on as well to indict it for ‘ flagrant departures from the integral regularities and principles of building socialism ’ . |
| 24 | There were enough provisions here to feed her for a week — and in far more luxury than she would have dreamt of buying for herself . |
| 25 | So , basically what I 'm here to ask you for this evening is your support of the project , and specifically , if the town council could buy us another one of these shipping containers . |
| 26 | Thames Valley Police , who organised the class , say the aim is n't to scare the women , but simply to prepare them for any eventuality . |
| 27 | And Mala would n't be there to reproach me for unethical … |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , sir , I would , and before you dismiss that story , I 'd like to take you out there to hear it for yourself . ’ |
| 29 | We have to remember that we are not the only people who take recreation in the countryside ; we share it with others , whose views about disfiguring a crag with bolts and taking a drill there to do it for goodness sake ! may be very different from ours . |
| 30 | My man will be there to record it for me . |