Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Say what you like , there 's no way I 'm going to agree to work for you for three years . |
| 2 | On the contrary , to emphasise the personal and private nature of moral or immoral conduct is to emphasise the personal and private responsibility of the individual for his own actions , and this is a responsibility which a mature agent can properly be expected to carry for himself without the threat of punishment from the law . |
| 3 | At the same time as the Nun 's Priest is made to try to claim for himself in his tale the equivalent of : he , or Chaucer , reassures those who are able to share in the joke that the opposite is the case . |
| 4 | The women ended up having to negotiate everything through their husbands , and when they were expected to work for nothing on their husbands ' plots they refused and demanded full payment . |
| 5 | It hit the platform fence and ran under the carriage ; as quick as a flash the boy darted past Charlotte and Albert and tried to look for it under the wheels . |
| 6 | Yes , only you do n't need to call for me after all . |
| 7 | When a customer wants to pay for something through the system , he or she presents a banker 's card or a Visa credit card to the shopkeeper . |
| 8 | A plump woman in a white wool suit and dark glasses bought it and tried to pay for it by cheque . |
| 9 | We w er we would , we would only need to pay for them at the rate where they lived . |
| 10 | A rule of thumb is that investment in energy efficiency is expected to pay for itself in two years . |
| 11 | Last year , a passive solar collector on a house would have been expected to pay for itself in 12 to 15 years . |
| 12 | Investment in an agency , branch or subsidiary will be expected to pay for itself by generating extra business . |
| 13 | Each young gentleman was provided with his own chamber-pot , which he was expected to empty for himself on the common midden , situated behind the houses . |
| 14 | The cut-off rules which determine which records will be retrieved , and what weight a record has to achieve for it to be counted as a possible match , are fairly complex and purely pragmatic , being based on experience from repetition of real searches . |
| 15 | Cheltenham has to cater for everyone from burger to banquet . |
| 16 | Bob is advising Clinton how to cope when he leaves Stoke Mandeville in a couple of months time and has to fend for himself in his own home : |
| 17 | For those who want to cater for themselves in the fully equipped kitchenettes , there 's a supermarket right opposite the apartments . |
| 18 | And erm anyway we got more from the unemployment exchange that prepared to work for him for fourteen pound , when we could have a eighteen pound on the dole . |
| 19 | And when Mother came to look for them at eight o'clock , they were asleep in the sun . |
| 20 | She could see his disdain , and it was n't so much for her — she hardly seemed to count for anything at all in his eyes . |
| 21 | He thought it was Ketura who generally came to call for him before breakfast . |
| 22 | But if elected on June 8th , he plans to pay for it by leasing the city 's international airport for 30 years to a private-sector manager . |
| 23 | The motive was simple and comparatively cost-free : if the Lebanese villagers allowed armed Palestinians to take shelter among their homes , then they would be made to pay for it in blood . |
| 24 | NAME Solicitors have been instructed to act for you in claiming damages to compensate you for your injury . |
| 25 | ‘ But he 'd never think to look for me in such company . ’ |
| 26 | In the 1950s Willie had watched Ben Hogan practising for the Open , and he had promised himself he was going to carry for someone like him . |
| 27 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 28 | Sandy then asked me if I 'd like to carry for him at Walton Heath for the Cup . |
| 29 | What on earth have I agreed to work for him for ? she asked herself despairingly . |
| 30 | Svend Larsen had told him that the farm was becoming vacant and had offered to negotiate for it on the Colonel 's behalf , the islanders not wanting incomers to buy up farms for weekend occupation only . |