Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm , yes , so I still do n't know what 's happening with that yet , and I 'm waiting also for them to confirm a date for this first sort of Do Business in France seminar , that we 're going to help them with , which was originally going to be February , and is now going to be March . |
| 2 | Perhaps I have been over enthusiastic about this project , but there was something about the schools I visited , and I am no stranger to African primary schools , which seemed to me to provide a recipe for steady progress . |
| 3 | Juliet could have asked someone to find a phone for her , to get a taxi , but she was aware that she was trembling , near to tears , and she did n't want people to ask questions . |
| 4 | In that work Tolkien had set himself to write a romance for an audience brought up on novels . |
| 5 | All I 'm waiting for right , is for somebody to set a precedent for for erm doing people for manslaughter because of secondary lung cancer then you 're fucking history sonny . |
| 6 | To illustrate the conceptual basis of her thinking when arriving at a public relations platform on which to build a campaign for a consumer client , no better example could be found than her approach to the problem of one international manufacturing giant . |
| 7 | ‘ Did he ask you to find a buyer for them ? ’ |
| 8 | This page enables you to provide a description for the SSR . |
| 9 | I want you to design a trade-mark for the Alps . ’ |
| 10 | Well of course Miss MacDonald would n't have would n't mind you to keep a book for quite a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ Then , as a friend , let me ask you to have a care for yourself as well . |
| 12 | ‘ When you 've dropped me in Clerkenwell I 'd like you to deliver a letter for me . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ perhaps it would be best for you to take a look for yourself , sir . ’ |
| 14 | She 's very sorry you are n't well , but not surprised ; apparently she 's been urging you to take a holiday for the last two years . ’ |
| 15 | I want you to doctor a photograph for me , ’ Kirov said . |
| 16 | This option enables you to prepare a package for approval . |
| 17 | Now all I have to do is persuade you to sign a contract for a lot longer than six months , and we 've got ourselves a deal . |
| 18 | ‘ John asked me to do a job for him first . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps it was something to do with our difference of opinion on the tee , I do n't know — but all through this championship Lee had never asked me to read a putt for him . |
| 20 | Still , I have to admit , I did n't expect anybody to make a case for the inclusion of the Cane Toad ( Letters , FACE 50 ) . |
| 21 | His mordant humour appealed to students , and it was by no means unusual for him to continue a lecture for half an hour in informal discussion with them . |
| 22 | It was typical of him to find a place for Basil D'Oliveira in English cricket after the South African had written to him in desperation that his talent would ever find outlet . |
| 23 | Varley 's business success was soon eclipsed by his evangelistic preaching ; his remarkable rapport with the working poor led him to establish a church for his converts . |
| 24 | Opinion poll results showed that he was consistently more popular than Bolger with the electorate , and many commentators expected him to launch a challenge for the party leadership . |
| 25 | Mme Cresson 's first speech in the Assemblée Nationale as Prime Minister made it clear that the President had asked her to form a government for specific policy objectives , defined by him , and Mitterrand underlined this himself in his broadcast to the nation the night of the change of government . |
| 26 | If , however you are going to help her to seek a grant for home improvements , a visit to the local authority environmental health department can be useful , as you and she can receive there an explanation of all the different forms which may need to be completed , and your queries can be answered . |
| 27 | These could , probably more easily in early , rather than in later man , have been powerful enough to cause him to seek a substitute for his natural father or mother when they were no longer available to him , and he was in need . |
| 28 | In Joan Wake 's book The Brudenells of Deene one reads that ‘ not the least of John , Duke of Montagu 's many attractive qualities was a love for animals , which led him to maintain a hospital for sick dogs at his house in Ditton Park in Buckinghamshire ’ . |
| 29 | The family had asked him to compose a tune for the party , but he had declined . |
| 30 | ( If there is a problem and the cogs still will not spin , then take them to your dealer/mechanic and get him to have a look for you . ) |