Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] 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 Before beginning to investigate a complaint , the Commissioner will tell the complainant and the member that he has accepted it for investigation .
6 We had everything beaten expect Jodami , who has done us for foot . ’
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 ‘ Giancarlo has invited us for lunch on Sunday , at his villa in Fiesole .
10 Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material
11 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 ) .
12 " I 've come to ask you for money , my lord .
13 Therefore the unit also has to prepare them for reintegration into school life .
14 Indeed , 12 promising assistant managers are being selected annually for a development programme designed to prepare them for promotion to general managers .
15 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 ’ .
16 A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker .
17 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 .
18 His background , therefore , and some aspects of his personality , seemed to fit him for government .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 put my meat in freezer let get it for week
22 ‘ 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 . ’
23 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 .
24 Perhaps because she 'd dressed them for winter ?
25 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 .
26 What we need to know now is what the Brigadier here is going to give us for lunch .
27 And that means that you do not have a table surrounded by chairs — except , of course , when you are actually going to use it for eating .
28 Eventually he falls asleep , one arm outflung across her breasts so that she does not dare move it for fear of waking him , and , constricted , can not sleep herself .
29 But the German jury responsible for selecting its nation 's entries for the Academy Awards caused a rumpus by declining to submit it for nomination .
30 Er , what we are interested in is what the estimators have thought we 're going to do for labour and what the estimators thought we were going to , it was going to cost us for plant .
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