Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just recently I was talking to a man who had crossed the world to see someone for this very reason . |
| 2 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |
| 3 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 4 | The fisherman 's wife , however , chastised him for this simple request and returned to the shore , there to harangue the Golden Fish with her demands for jewels , wealth and status . |
| 5 | Lord Hulton was a devotee of May and Baker 's Propamidine Cream and used it for all minor cuts and grazes in his cattle . |
| 6 | As time passed did you ever think you 'd catch anyone for this particular crime ? |
| 7 | A number of explanations suggest themselves for this strange impulse towards self-effacement in men who loved power , besides the official one that it served to maintain the standing of the native authorities in the eyes of the people . |
| 8 | The Service Consultancy initiative is a major benefit to clients in this area and I have already received many letters from customers , advised by the circular in their invoicing , thanking us for this additional feature . |
| 9 | I have no hesitation in recommending them for steady moving water and out of the two I feel the series X is more versatile . |
| 10 | So , for instance , the Crowther Report of 1959 on the education of 15-18-year-olds talked about the likelihood that middle-class girls would combine a career with motherhood and marriage and the necessity for them to receive an education which prepared them for this future dual role . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you realize that I have n't seen you for three whole days , Flavia ? |
| 12 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 13 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 14 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 15 | That pleased her for some unknown reason . |
| 16 | From 1899 to 1902 he encouraged young Labour church workers to visit him for informal religious training . |
| 17 | Alison regarded me as though I were a dosser who 'd just importuned her for some spare change . |
| 18 | Whatever mysterious spirit had unlocked the verse , it had freed him for other human satisfactions , for love ; or was it the other way around ? |
| 19 | they 'd have saved it for some empty classroom |
| 20 | We do not do it for any other aspect of our social existence . |
| 21 | We do n't do it for any other section of society , and these people are not poor . |
| 22 | Has our education prepared us for such perplexing indecision ? |
| 23 | We were all keen walkers , and enjoyed the challenge of remote places , but nothing in Britain could have prepared us for this close encounter of the furry kind . |
| 24 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 25 | Mr Chairman , er , I 'd like to thank you for those nice words of introduction but I am particularly delighted as I am a lifelong member of the G M B , of almost thirty five years ' standing , due to my employment with British Gas and my long membership with the Labour Party . |
| 26 | The reason why they maintained these holdings in dollars , rather than selling them for some other currency , was that dollar investments in New York remained attractive despite the decline in the relative value of the dollar in the early seventies . |
| 27 | He sat tensely , guarding himself for one false word or gesture that might dry her up . |
| 28 | He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them . |
| 29 | She told me , ‘ Martha , you 've brought me your pay , like a good girl , and we need it all , but I 'm going to buy something for that lonely child at the Manor , ’ and she bought one , and here it is ! ’ |
| 30 | However , the reader who has to look herself for these useful references will find much else to inform and entertain . |