Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 10 | One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call . |
| 11 | We want them improved for the coming year and certainly by the first year of the council tax . |
| 12 | Of course , if you want me to pay for the call I will . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 17 | By night we suggest you head for the old quarter of Sachsenhausen which is packed with delightful pubs and restaurants . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Erm and he is definitely booked you know for the high court and all of that , he 's |
| 21 | So I want you to enrol for the winter term at Auburn for one course . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied . |
| 26 | Rachel cheers me up by saying she was leaving anyhow , and if he wants her to pay for the night then she will and to hell with it . |
| 27 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 28 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 29 | Isay helped him dress for the banquet that evening , showing no resentment at having to double as valet as well as bodyguard . |
| 30 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |