Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the council sought to evict him for non-payment of the extra rent he pleaded in defence that the resolution was invalid . |
| 2 | Finally she agreed to meet him for lunch the following week , and they agreed a time and a place . |
| 3 | He finally agreed to meet us for lunch at the Mayflower Hotel , but nothing happened between them . |
| 4 | Vivien had some friends still up at Oxford and had arranged to meet them for lunch at the Randolph Hotel . |
| 5 | I 'm not afraid of money but occasionally a writer wants to write something for love and for pleasure |
| 6 | Before beginning to investigate a complaint , the Commissioner will tell the complainant and the member that he has accepted it for investigation . |
| 7 | We had everything beaten expect Jodami , who has done us for foot . ’ |
| 8 | He and Peter have always been good friends and David is the type of lad that once he 's made friends with someone , he has made it for life , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 9 | But the God who ‘ has called us for holiness … gives us his Holy Spirit ’ ( I Thess. 4 7,8 ) to enable us to fulfil his requirement . |
| 10 | ‘ Giancarlo has invited us for lunch on Sunday , at his villa in Fiesole . |
| 11 | Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material |
| 12 | In some ways I feel her peculiar dilemma parallels my own for she described her stance as one which distanced her from the classical anthropological mode , creating a ‘ memorable adventure ’ , which she claims , ‘ has marked me for life ’ ( ibid. 22 ) . |
| 13 | This power is extremely useful when a supervision order is made in respect of a very young child who can not be expected to present himself for examination . |
| 14 | " I 've come to ask you for money , my lord . |
| 15 | Therefore the unit also has to prepare them for reintegration into school life . |
| 16 | Indeed , 12 promising assistant managers are being selected annually for a development programme designed to prepare them for promotion to general managers . |
| 17 | The actual title of the course matters a lot less than the content , but a word of caution is necessary here to help you differentiate between programmes designed to prepare you for re-entry to the profession , and those which may be open to nurses currently practising , namely ‘ refresher courses ’ . |
| 18 | A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker . |
| 19 | In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism . |
| 20 | His background , therefore , and some aspects of his personality , seemed to fit him for government . |
| 21 | But occasionally well not occasionally but quite often , at least once or twice a week , you 'd hear of somebody who is in the thieving business , they 'd got something for sale and you could get that quite cheap . |
| 22 | Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . |
| 23 | But she was gone before I could finish asking her for help , borne away by three identically dressed musketeers , waving her whip in the air , and lost in the crowds again . |
| 24 | put my meat in freezer let get it for week |
| 25 | They 'd issued one for Baby too , a gas-bag like a cradle , with a port-hole on the top . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she answered lightly , and turning to Leith , ‘ I 'm afraid Travis does n't always surface to join us for breakfast on Sunday morning . ’ |
| 27 | Under the scheme holders of government bonds could choose to exchange them for South Sea Company shares , and the government would pay interest on these bonds to the South Sea Company at a lower rate than it paid previously — the South Sea Company was doing much the same thing as the East India Company , providing the government with a loan at a reduced rate of interest in exchange for overseas trading privileges . |
| 28 | Perhaps because she 'd dressed them for winter ? |
| 29 | Cell suspensions were centrifuged at 200 g for 10 minutes and the pellet of cells added to the organ bath the bathing fluid of which was used to resuspend them for transfer . |
| 30 | What we need to know now is what the Brigadier here is going to give us for lunch . |