Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 2 | He says the children were singing ’ always look on the bright side of life ’ which says something for the spirit of the school . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the second year some major or joint students of History undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for the final year and for the world of work . |
| 4 | The relatively high completion rates for the ‘ Other NSEs ’ reflects the fact that this includes students with ‘ professional , nursing , technical or secretarial qualifications ’ The pattern which emerges is that students who have been selected on the basis of success in some form of study which prepares them for the demands which will be placed on them in higher education respond as least as well if not better than the traditionally qualified A-level entrants , while those with less evidence of success of this kind find the transition to higher education difficult and are more likely to drop-out . |
| 5 | He has a vision of it as a vehicle which prepares us for the presence of God . ’ |
| 6 | The court which sentences him for the latest offence will have to decide whether to return him to prison to serve a period equal to the balance of the sentence which remained on the day the offence was committed . |
| 7 | He regrets that ‘ language , which adapts itself for the most part only to the common uses of life , has provided us with no single-worded or immediate designation ’ for the impression . |
| 8 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 9 | ‘ But nothing prepares you for the blinding flash of flares and the noise of the thundercrackers as you run on to the field . |
| 10 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 11 | Relations between the Prime Minister and Nigel Lawson may still be strained ( she blames him for the present difficulties ) . |
| 12 | She blames him for the break-up of the coterie . |
| 13 | As a single woman living with her uncle , the negligent landlord Mr Brooke , Dorothea has good reason to concern herself with cottages , although she intends them for the estate of the obliging Sir James , having presumably abandoned her uncle as a hopeless case . |
| 14 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 15 | I frequently perform funerals three deep : that is , I do it for one person , who does it for another , who does it for the relatives of the deceased , he being the first person applied to . |
| 16 | It is the property of the Widow and the Orphan who regard it as safe in your Hands , & in our case moreover it is the property of the Sovereign of the country who selects us for the deposit because he expects ( & expressly has declared that to be his motive ) to find in us , the nice Honour of Gentleman added to the common honesty & Integrity of Men of Business . ’ |
| 17 | That she does it for the money , which symbolises affection , emotional security and personal achievement . |
| 18 | You know erm and I if she if she goes to emba cos I think she does it for the purpose really to people |
| 19 | ‘ There has something for the listener to contribute , to make it personal for them . ’ |
| 20 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 21 | It covers me for the preparation work to an industrial tribunal . |
| 22 | Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life . |
| 23 | He is carrying the map the class have made , which his " friend " has delivered ; he thanks them for the excellent job they have done . |
| 24 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
| 25 | As well as beautiful surroundings , it has everything for the more active holidaymaker : scuba diving , dinghy sailing , paragliding , riding , microliting , golf , judo classes , shark-fishing , tennis , all-in wrestling , a fully-equipped gym and a banked motor racing track engineered for speeds up to 200 mph . |
| 26 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 27 | ‘ He blames him for the press not being here , ’ Celia said . |
| 28 | He blames himself for the 35-yard rocket from Paul Gascoigne that ripped through his grasp after just five minutes . |
| 29 | The employee top 10 features those companies which are expanding fastest , and it says something for the performance of WPP that it has managed to perform well in eps and return on capital terms at the same time as it has achieved that expansion . |
| 30 | It says something for the delicacy of the proposal that it comes not from the Japanese government , but from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party . |