Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 2 | Adoptive parents can not have a child who is placed with them for adoption tested for HIV until after a formal adoption order is made . |
| 3 | It is written in Latin to someone in authority to ask for warmer clothes and above all for the return of his Hebrew Bible , grammar and dictionary . |
| 4 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 5 | In any case , Mendoros is confident that the military market has plenty of scope to offer for decades to come . |
| 6 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 7 | In answer to ‘ what can I offer them ? ’ a short explanation that every member receives the Annual Report and 3 editions of Medau News which with postage accounts for half of a full membership fee , the remaining money goes towards administration expenses . |
| 8 | BROOD parasites and their hosts are thought to engage in a coevolutionary arms race in which parasitism selects for adaptive defences by the host ( such as egg rejection ) , which in turn select for counter-adaptations by the parasite ( such as egg mimicry ) . |
| 9 | In every county , except Bedfordshire and the Suffolks , growth occurred in the District 's educational activity and was most evident in Essex , Hertfordshire , Norfolk , Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough which in aggregate accounted for 75% of the provision and enrolled students during the years of the 1939–45 war . |
| 10 | It was a view which in essence called for a confederal or intergovernmental mould , rather closer perhaps to the British stand than to the vision of Monnet or Spaak . |
| 11 | There may , after all , be something to be said for allowing the communes to retain their sales taxes , which at present account for about 60 per cent of their revenues . |
| 12 | Soon after the birth , you and your baby will be visited by a health visitor who will tell you about health checks for the baby either from your GP or from your local child health clinic . |
| 13 | Soon after the birth , you and your baby will be visited by a health visitor who will tell you about health checks for the baby either from your GP or from your local child health clinic . |
| 14 | When the NAAFI ran out of cups , the old dear was at her wits end and sent for the orderly corporal , who in turn sent for the orderly sergeant . |
| 15 | The temple could only be entered by the king as the officiant of every god and by the priests , who in practice deputised for the king in the ritual . |
| 16 | This , however , has been felt to be rather ironical since , although he is critical of idealism and maintains a formal commitment to empirical rationalism , it is Hobhouse who in fact calls for the greater degree of state intervention . |
| 17 | Even those firms who have modern machines , tend to run them with software designed for earlier models . |
| 18 | Later Jack phones me from kitchen asking for directions to living room . |
| 19 | Most clients who seek them in fact qualify for green form assistance and they are comparatively uncommon . |
| 20 | As Pawley and Syder point out , the number of such formulaic or composite expressions runs into very many thousands and the ability to apply them in use accounts for the fluency of the native speaker . |
| 21 | Furthermore , recording them on video allows for discussion in which the ‘ rules of appropriateness ’ can begin to be described rather than being left to instinct . |
| 22 | Victory by four points or more will put them on course to qualify for the European Championship finals in Germany in 1993 — England 's first appearance in the tournament since 1981 . |
| 23 | Lendl 's concern that Mecir 's shrewder shots would pass him in mid-court made for a characteristic back-court performance and a 6-4 , 4-6 , 4-6 , 6-1 , 6-4 victory for a $100,000 ( £62,500 ) prize . |
| 24 | Charles could not even see the A.S.M. who was reading his lines , though he knew the youth would be keeping him in view to watch for signs of difficulty . |
| 25 | She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street . |
| 26 | And I had it in mind to ask for an advance . ’ |
| 27 | Will the Prime Minister state clearly and concisely that , irrespective of the place or the audience or the day of the week , he has but one policy for the fourth Trident submarine — to build it , equip it and send it to sea armed for the nation 's defence ? |
| 28 | from the peasants themselves in order to go for collectivization |
| 29 | Oh yeah , lots of stuff made for the Army and and and they did n't know , I mean the manufacturers s sent the work to the hosiery dye- yards they they did n't know what they were sending or what they got , they just churned it all out and and that was it you know it were I could a lot of things about that . |
| 30 | When he 'd stored his new acquisitions in it there was still lots of room left for more books and papers . |