Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I speak to you for a moment ? ’ he asked in a lower tone . |
| 2 | That is why I came to you for advice . ’ |
| 3 | Aye have a look , while you 're doing that I 'll have a look at what bits and pieces see if I talk to you for a minute about these |
| 4 | Mr , I turn to you for guidance on that one . |
| 5 | Matilda said , ‘ Please may I talk to you for a moment ? ’ |
| 6 | You can work in private practice where the clients are people who come to you for help ; or you can work for central or local government , the Magistrates ' Courts Service , or a commercial or industrial organisation , where the employer is your ‘ client ’ . |
| 7 | It avoids one of the most familiar classroom situations in the primary school — the child who comes to you for a word which is already written down higher up the page . |
| 8 | Most merciful father who has told us to love you with all our strength and glorify you in our bodies , we commend to you for your continual blessings the hospitals of our land and those who serve in them prosper all that is being done in the healing of the sick , the conquest of disease and the training of doctors and nurses that your will may be done for the relief of suffering and the making of lives whole through Jesus Christ our Lord amen |
| 9 | Lord Jesus Christ , you have promised perfect liberty to those who trust you ; we cry to you for those who are at this moment enslaved by their need to take drugs . |
| 10 | Lord , you are the source of peace ; we cry to You for peace in our world ; daily we see and hear of strife within nations , of tensions between states , of violence being done by men against men ; we are sad Lord , and know that You are sad too . |
| 11 | We know that you are sad to see so many disputes between different parts of your family and we cry to you for unity and harmony between brothers and sisters . |
| 12 | Therefore we turn to you for help in ways to make lightweight canoes in a cheap but very safe manner . |
| 13 | We pray to you for the quiet mind , |
| 14 | We pray to you for the enlightened imagination , |
| 15 | We pray to you for the mastered will , |
| 16 | We pray to you for the life which is hid in You , |
| 17 | We pray to you for the stalwart faith , |
| 18 | I 'm surprised he stuck to you for as long as he did . ’ |
| 19 | On 16th April 1973 the estate agents had written to the defendants drawing attention to the existence of the counter-inflationary measures then in force and concluding with the sentence : ‘ I would also confirm that should you be successful in acquiring these premises then it will be necessary for us to look to you for payment of our fees as based on the commercial scales of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors . ’ |