Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time .
2 Their disillusion with the reformist nature of the Labour governments of the 1960s , and the excitement generated by the world-wide social unrest of 1968 , led them to look for the possibility of social change in local protest movements .
3 The aims were to give families reproductive choice in future pregnancies ; to enable them to plan for the future with a child with a disability ; to avoid the experience of a prolonged diagnosis ; and to identify a presymptomatic cohort who may benefit from future treatments .
4 1985 ) expectation of seeing appropriate training and support being available to all teachers to enable them to cater for the linguistic needs of pupils in a linguistically diverse Britain ( para. 2.17 ) still needs serious consideration .
5 Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag .
6 There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land .
7 The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet .
8 Just make them pay for the
9 When Mortimer had assigned everyone positions for the operation — Ace , Benny and Petion to remain with him — he checked his watch .
10 I did , you 'll have to forgive me , I mean I think for the sake of those who were not at the meeting erm what we should really say is that actually said that he wanted to hear what kind of a parish we are so that he could attempt to match the , the incoming priest with you know the need of the parish .
11 One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call .
12 We want them improved for the coming year and certainly by the first year of the council tax .
13 Of course , if you want me to pay for the call I will . ’
14 You want my money , you want my support , you want me to campaign for the future , you want me to recruit , then to get all of this reduce the cost of the subscriptions thus encouraging mass trade union membership .
15 These included giving families reproductive choice in future pregnancies , enabling them to plan for the future with a disabled child , avoiding the experience of a delayed diagnosis , and identifying a presymptomatic cohort who might benefit from future treatments .
16 " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . "
17 Meantime she has nothing to pay for the upkeep of my two brothers ; in fact , they are bringing in money . ’
18 On landing I sought for the cottage occupied by the Duke of Hamilton 's piper , in which some friends had found most comfortable quarters the season before .
19 I now realise I looked for the wrong things .
20 Maxim found himself reaching for the non-existent seatbelt .
21 By night we suggest you head for the old quarter of Sachsenhausen which is packed with delightful pubs and restaurants .
22 If a society lets any considerable number of its members grow up mere children , incapable of being acted on by rational consideration of distant motives , society has itself to blame for the consequences .
23 Would it be worth actually having a , having a sort of a planning meeting , say you know for the first half hour of one of these meetings , the next one say that we have , you know , a wall planner , you know , a chart and
24 But still if you read that carefully it does n't say he ca that they ca n't do it , the C E C. So I urge you to vote for the motion two five five .
25 Erm and he is definitely booked you know for the high court and all of that , he 's
26 So I want you to enrol for the winter term at Auburn for one course .
27 One night , waiting in her car outside a pub to which she had followed him , she suddenly found herself crying for the first time .
28 Friends invited him to apply for the Readership in Geometry at Gresham 's College , and a wealthy London merchant offered him £10,000 to take his daughter in marriage .
29 He had to report to the headmaster at four o'clock , and was taken there by force by Foggerty who caught him racing for the school gates when the bell went .
30 The ‘ plot ’ has him searching for the lost chord , which is about as banal as you can get , but the contributors look interesting George Harrison , Charlie Rich , Betty Wright , John Sebastian , Rufus Thomas and Billy Swan are among them .
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