Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for [pos pn] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you , if I 'd have know what the content of the training was gon na be , I would 've arranged for our twelve crime prevention officers to go across there and listen to it , because there was a locksmith there that gave a lot of sound advice in relation to security of homes as well cars that really was good basic grounding for a crime prevention officer . |
| 2 | She has received for her 1990–91 sabbatical year a Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to support her work on a new book on Gottfried Benn 's lyrical poetry . |
| 3 | Langer , recently a father for the third time , has prepared for his 1993 European debut by skiing in Utah , and practising in Florida . |
| 4 | And if the stranger had come to ask for his two pounds back , my sister would gladly have given it to him . |
| 5 | Area 7 champions Royal Berkshire had to work had for their 3–0 victory over Riverside , Chiswick , which makes them unique in the event with maximum points from four matches . |
| 6 | Some girls I knew had arranged for their two penfriends to meet me at the Gare du Nord and , somehow , we recognised one another . |
| 7 | Here was a character , like his Uncle Harry , who offered a way of life quite different from the one Mr Thomas hoped to provide for his six sons . |
| 8 | Between the noise of the bloody guns and clouds of bloody mosquitoes buzzing around my head , all I 've had for my two hours is more mosquito lumps on my face , and I 'm more tired than ever. , Taff and I chatted while he sat on the floor of the trench smoking his cigarette . |
| 9 | Full implementation of the directive is required in respect of accounting periods ending on or after 31 December 1993 , although the Commission has allowed societies with other accounting dates to change for their 1993 year ends if they so choose . |
| 10 | They need help to care for their three children , and medical support for themselves . |
| 11 | In the middle of this , Boy switched to a documentary made by a group of prostitutes which showed married men sitting nervously on the edges of beds in hotel rooms , sitting on neatly flowered bedspreads and having difficulty ( they were embarrassed by the female camera crew ) saying exactly what it was that they wanted to do for their thirty pounds . |