Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite possibly another administration than a British one , less morally aspiring and less legally punctilious , would have arranged for him a quiet accident , or a fatal incarceration . |
| 2 | we had to pull forward it 's not due so we 've got er so we 've given them three days to You see when we worked out the numbers for the we were given all the , the allowances , the rates et cetera , et cetera , we worked the forecast through and seen huge amounts of time given for which the assumption is that it 's all done by hand , the job these cranes so the resources how much money had been spent . |
| 3 | He 'd deceived and manipulated her again and again , and she 'd fallen for it every time . |
| 4 | Through the horse , we have emphasized for us the animalistic and instinctive nature of the male ( or human ? ) sexual appetite . |
| 5 | He was soon dismissed for what an industrial tribunal described as ‘ indulging in behaviour short of intercourse ’ with the executive 's wife . |
| 6 | Concerned about his influence , and afraid to beard the sultan himself , " the vezir Mahmud Pasa " consulted Fahreddin Acemi who , having heard for himself the Hurufi 's heretical words , denounced him in Mehmed II's presence . |
| 7 | S/L Paul Millikin was pressed for what the future held for the aircraft , to one question he replied ‘ I do n't know if there is talk from Whitehall … nobody tells me anything ! ’ |
| 8 | In standing out for true sportsmanship on the field Mr Chapman , loyally backed by his players , set a standard which has raised the sport he loved to the highest level , and has won for him the gratitude of sportsmen the world over . ’ |
| 9 | The Cubist painters had claimed for themselves the right to move around their subject and incorporate aspects of it not visible from a single point of view , and they bestowed , in theory if not in actual practice , the same liberty on the spectator in relationship to their own work . |
| 10 | English Language , Literature , and History in the colleges was both similar to and different from these other modern disciplines ; similar in that , like them , it sought to create for itself a solid and autonomous identity ; different ( especially from the early decades of this century ) in that its predominantly classically-trained and often clerical academic proponents increasingly claimed for it a status well beyond that of any mere " discipline " or " knowledge subject " . |
| 11 | She made her way towards the small window table selected for her the previous evening , but before she could sit down Silas came to her side . |
| 12 | The Saturday Review bitterly commented that they had ‘ framed for themselves a rule which we must characterize as both illogical and unfair — namely , of distributing their patronage so that no competitor should net more than one premium ’ . |
| 13 | Maxwell Davies has written for him a 20-minute piece which makes full use of these strengths . |
| 14 | But she knew , morning person or not , if Fen only felt for her the way she felt for him , she would happily be up at half-past three or even earlier , just to be with him . |
| 15 | There is the possibility of a major exhibition in Japan and here in our Salzburg house I have made for her a gallery on the second floor . |
| 16 | Maggie 's room , her own place , had been made for her the summer she was eight by Phoebe , Paul and Uncle Wong . |
| 17 | Somewhere in the period between the time that early man first made for himself a ‘ god ’ , and the time when evidence of ‘ god ’ worship was left for later generations to find , the use of ‘ gods ’ for purposes which were largely intended to create unfair privileges , and were therefore a source of evil , gradually crept in and became a widespread part of the social scene . |
| 18 | Since childhood , since her early school days , New Year 's Eve had possessed for her a mournful terror : she had elected it to represent the Nothingness which was her own life , the solid , cheerful festival which had seemed to be the lives of others . |
| 19 | But the comrades were prepared for everything the class enemy could throw at them . |
| 20 | 1 You have prepared for us the script for ten episodes of a video entitled — . |
| 21 | I have seen for myself the value of ACET 's work in the community and I would whole heartedly recommend other churches get behind the work in any way they can . ’ |
| 22 | He had seen for himself the progress that had been made in the three days since he had last visited the laboratories . |
| 23 | Best to put off even thought until he had seen for himself the place where murder had been done , and the victim who had suffered it . |
| 24 | Yet no Scot who regularly watches BBC 's Rugby Special , and has seen for himself the standard of much of the club game in Wales , will doubt their latent capacity to erupt in attack . |
| 25 | She had seen for herself the effect he had on many of his clients ; had herself been impressed by his ability to amuse them with his quick wit and entertaining anecdotes . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman has obviously recognised that the Prime Minister secured for us a major competitive advantage at Maastricht . |
| 27 | Thus , the Report refers to " English in the highest sense " as " the channel for formative culture for all English people , and the medium of the creative art by which all English writers of distinction , whether poets , historians , Philosopher , or men of science , have secured for us the power of realising some part of their own experience of life " . |
| 28 | Hendon has secured for itself a once ‘ extinct ’ bomber , filling a decided ‘ hole ’ in the RAF Museum 's coverage . |
| 29 | Again , originally groups of ‘ adventurers ’ were recognized in trade with various lands — one trading with Prussia secured royal recognition in 1391 , another with the Netherlands in 1407 and a third with the Scandinavian lands in 1408 , but eventually the Netherlands group secured for itself the specific name of the Merchant Adventurers ' Company ( 64 , pp. 143–50 ) . |
| 30 | By 1919 Japan had secured for herself a formal position as one of the world 's most powerful nations . |