Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group . |
| 2 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 3 | Twelve years after the Republicans moved into the White House and 13 months after the Arkansas governor launched his long-shot bid to win it back for the Democrats , the man on the defensive was Mr Bush . |
| 4 | Shiona thought disapprovingly , as she crossed to the coffee-maker to switch it on for herself . |
| 5 | In regga a producer frequently utilises the same backing track for several different vocals , but only Steely & Clevie would dare let them all play at once on a dub , allowing several different melodies to fight it out for dominance of a different rhythm . |
| 6 | Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas ? |
| 7 | DENNIS JENKIN EXPLAINS HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR SPREADSHEET TO WORK IT OUT FOR YOU . |
| 8 | " In that case we must ask St Anthony to get it back for us . |
| 9 | From there he was handed on to Bloomsbury House , where Elaine Blond agreed a one-off payment to fit him out for another job . |
| 10 | In the thirtieth minute , Gary Weaving scored what looked like a perfectly good goal , only for the linesman to rule it out for offside , to everyone 's dismay . |
| 11 | To have it in er Daily Post , The Post is the morning one The Echo 's the evening to have it in for one day in The Post and The Echo , how much ? |
| 12 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 13 | His stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food , but he knew he must not miss this golden opportunity to put something by for another day . |
| 14 | He struggled on and , with less than 50 per cent of his sight restored , took this year 's annual meeting of the NCC without betraying his difficulties except when he said when taking questions : ‘ I will ask my deputy to point you out for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 15 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 16 | Hereford lost their grip just for a second , but that was long enough for Phil Chard to get one back for the cobblers . |
| 17 | Now in a big department store , say like Debenhams , you could go in , and you could select your cloth and get the ladies round the back to make it up for you . |
| 18 | We come now to vote on this addendum to deliverance n number four and , since it is in print , we do n't need to ask the clerk to read it out for us , so therefore as , ask those who wish to vote for this addendum would you please stand . |
| 19 | ‘ While you are waiting for God to write it down for you in capital letters , ’ Anna had shouted finally , exasperated out of all diplomacy , ‘ I shall decide for you both . |
| 20 | Before he finished speaking he had sprung towards the stairs and up them , shouting now , ‘ It 'll be a longish drive ; ask Mary to put something up for me ; soup or something . ’ |
| 21 | He had meant to ask his research assistant to sketch something out for him on ‘ A Woman 's Place ’ or some such subject , but the silly girl 's talents did not encompass putting pen to paper . |
| 22 | Indeed , the proposed development has been thrown into doubt with the Secretary of State 's decision to call it in for a public inquiry following representations from environmental pressure groups objecting to the scheme 's architectural quality . |
| 23 | The data is then made public ; the full dataset and the commands to set it up for processing by the statistical package SPSS- X can be obtained from the Economic and Social Research Council Data Archive at the University of Essex for the cost of processing . |
| 24 | I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . |
| 25 | We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’ |
| 26 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 27 | Major window suppliers such as Boulton & Paul , Crittalls and John Carr will supply these in a wide range of standard sizes ; or you may also be able to get a local joinery firm to make them up for you . |
| 28 | ‘ I might try and get the superintendent of this building to check it over for us later on this morning . ’ |
| 29 | A decade ago , NEC Corp surged past Motorola Inc and Texas Instruments Inc to become the world 's largest chipmaker , and Japan has held the title ever since — until 1991 , when according to Dataquest , Intel Corp grew 26% to win it back for the US . |
| 30 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |