Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [conj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days the surgeon made an incision in the lower portion of the tummy and reached the enlarged gland that way , but before the coming of antibiotics it was quite common for infections to develop or for the prostate to turn cancerous . |
| 2 | Conscious that she must make the most of these last weeks , and grateful for all the happiness and love which she had enjoyed in childhood , she was nevertheless eager for the days to pass and for the news to come that João had arrived from Lisbon to collect his bride . |
| 3 | Owen had other fish to fry and for the next two days he was busy on other things . |
| 4 | It took him two weeks to die and for the second of those we spoke together every night by telephone , often for more than an hour . |
| 5 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 6 | It is easier for the lecturer to write than for the student to look at a distant blackboard and then back to his so-called " notes " , and so a phase difference develops between the blackboard and the class . |
| 7 | She swallowed hard and waited for the ringing in her head to clear and for the room to steady once more , then , summoning all of her courage , she looked at him with icy contempt . |
| 8 | At the end of that time they again expressed doubts as to their liability to pay and for the next three years paid under protest . |
| 9 | Indeed , to the extent that any such request may represent an unjustified use of scarce resources , it would be unethical for the doctor to comply or for the patient to insist that he does so . |
| 10 | The purpose of this was to allow the stone to disimpact or for the acute complication to resolve . |
| 11 | A parents ' evening in late September or early October gives time for the class to settle and for the teacher to get to know something about the child . |