Example sentences of "to for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the speed is increased , the damping becomes less and you will be able to decide on a reasonable limit to keep to for the first half hour . |
| 2 | Said a lot of things I 've been meaning to for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | Of the two prototype rock songwriters , it 's the more worldly Chuck Berry you turn to for the authentic picture of teenage pleasures in Eisenhower 's America : ‘ Gon na write a little letter , Gon na mail it to my local deejay . ’ |
| 4 | In the very year when , after taking British citizenship and joining the Church of England , he wrote the famous ‘ Preface ’ to For Lancelot Andrewes ( dedicated to Eliot 's mother ) , Eliot was recalling his own childhood in his introductory remarks to This American World , and his days at Fishermen 's Corner in Gloucester . |
| 5 | This ignorance is compounded by a lack of knowledge of where to turn to for advice , and a fear of direct contact with enforcing authorities . |
| 6 | The flavour of these mushrooms is superb and , although they are expensive , they are worth treating yourself to for a special occasion . |
| 7 | Crash diets are very difficult to keep to for any length of time . |
| 8 | The dentist I had been going to for years no longer took NHS patients . |
| 9 | Bourne , who worked as a driver and minder to for Heidari , was said to have admitted after his arrest that he had thrown the liquid into Michelle 's face , but had thought it was ‘ soapy water ’ . |
| 10 | A PARTICULAR pleasure over the weekend was reading the latest issue of New Statesman and Society , once the publication one turned to for eloquent exposition of left-wing politics . |
| 11 | The oldest book source that Highlanders might refer to for plant lore is probably the Bible . |
| 12 | The most obvious place to turn to for close ties is the family . |
| 13 | I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week . |
| 14 | A big thanks goes to for organising the evening . |
| 15 | Many thanks to for organising the trip to Droitwich Spa baths . |
| 16 | Not surprisingly , a box number has to be written to for a course in witchcraft , promising tuition by the World 's Foremost Witches . |
| 17 | Agnes first screwed up her face , then she stretched it before she muttered , ‘ That cousin Mary in Durham , the one you have n't spoken to for twelve years , if not longer , or , as I should say , who has n't spoken to you since she married Mr Boston , a man of supposed wealth and position , and got too big for her boots , as you 've often stated ? |
| 18 | Mr George Henry Quarry , a Belfast solicitor was then applied to for some land at the top of Carrickblacker Road but initially there was no response from him and other possible sites investigated were some ground opposite where James 's Street now stands and land behind where the little Roman Catholic church was later built ( now Pritchard 's Motors ) and near the site of Edenderry Orange Hall . |
| 19 | Kenneth Oxford , the Chief Constable of Merseyside , prophesies that ‘ the freedom and way of life we have been accustomed to for so long will vanish ’ . |
| 20 | Bonfires are more likely to cause a nuisance during daytime hours but to limit burning to for example one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset could lead to objections from fire prevention officers . |
| 21 | Such a move will provoke howls of rage within the BTG — ‘ Britain will lose the fruits of its research ’ , ‘ where will inventors turn to for impartial advice ’ — and so on . |
| 22 | How much trouble are we prepared to go to for the privilege of sharing our lives with feline companions ? |
| 23 | But then I was never much of a businesswoman and I had no close relatives left to turn to for help and advice . |
| 24 | The growing body of literature on the subject should be referred to for more detailed treatment . |
| 25 | All sorts of dodges were resorted to for ‘ surrendering ’ property . |
| 26 | The Office of Fair Trading 's Consumer Use of Credit Survey showed that the Citizens Advice Bureaux were seen as far the most obvious place to turn to for advice on problems of meeting credit payments with 69 per cent of the 2,155 respondents to the survey . |
| 27 | Have you got an address I can write to for cheats and tips ? |
| 28 | Avril knew of one person she could turn to for support — Peter Spencer . |
| 29 | They are easy to make and we have three designs to for you to choose from |
| 30 | She had to make a decision soon , and there was nowhere she could turn to for guidance . |