Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get anywhere near an understanding of News Corporation 's accounts , you usually have to wait for the figures it is obliged to file with America 's Securities and Exchange Commission . |
| 2 | Benny sprinted for the doors she had come in by , but already more guards were arriving from their stations , and the first few shots buzzed past her . |
| 3 | Not only had we increased our self-awareness , but we felt content , happy with ourselves and we 'd also received the encouragement to go for the things we want — to seize the day . |
| 4 | But nobody cared for the stones he told And he sat all alone of a night Until one day a traveller came in from the cold A sorry and miserable sight . |
| 5 | And that goes for the doctors I admire as well . |
| 6 | As she made for the doors she was suddenly halted by the realization that she had no money with her . |
| 7 | One is to conceive of them as being deliberately designed for the purposes they serve , the implication of which is that we should be constantly reforming existing institutions so that they may better serve those ends for which they were intended . |
| 8 | So while I 'm not suggesting that you buy every gauge ( though that would be many a machine knitter 's idea of heaven , I guess ! ) , when working out what machine(s) you want for the yarns you want to knit most , look at the optimum yarn for each gauge . |
| 9 | Many students find it useful to spend two or three minutes drawing a key words map for the questions they intend to answer . |
| 10 | This column enables you to specify the unique names selected for the modules you wish to reserve . |
| 11 | An allowance has been made for the transfers you will not be taking , against the cost of the care hire . |
| 12 | the japanese say they are looking for the instructions they can work a solar car but ca n't put up a tent for eats … its what you fancy … at night its noodles … come daybreak its what 's left … |
| 13 | She had taken them out so that she could read the labels on the other bottles — and for super-safe keeping she had locked them in my drawer while she went through all the tablets looking for the ones she wanted . |
| 14 | Twice before she 'd had proposals of marriage and had rejected them because she could n't feel for the men they came from . |
| 15 | Successful committee members are properly and thoroughly prepared for the meetings they attend . |
| 16 | Occupying their own apartments at the palace and giving little heed to the prevailing rumour that the king was unwell , neither she nor Joan was prepared for the tidings they received on that April afternoon . |
| 17 | Two more birdies coming home compensated for the bogeys she had at the fourteenth and sixteenth holes . |
| 18 | The Ombudsman , Sir Anthony Barrowclough , is telling MPs that the report is being finalised , though an early draft is believed to recommend that not all the investors should be compensated for the losses they suffered when the investment group crashed 18 months ago . |
| 19 | Also children want to learn , to enable them to acquire qualifications needed for the jobs they would like to do when they leave education . |
| 20 | Clients often make false claims of cold-calling ; sometimes so they might avoid paying for the shares they bought . |
| 21 | Now hopefully , Dick said they 're palletizing while they 're waiting for the containers they 're also palletizing the rest of that stuff . |
| 22 | Without waiting for the others he plunged down the bank into the stream , slipping and slithering heedlessly over the protruding roots and rocks . |
| 23 | He 's he 's not come yet so erm Perhaps while while we 're waiting for the others I 'll just say a few words about the building , because erm from out here you can see er quite clearly that the central portion of the building is the oldest erm from if you look at the state of the stonework . |
| 24 | Thurot 's first attempt to land in Ireland , near Londonderry , was a failure and one of his ships became separated and never rejoined him , leaving four to turn up next on the Isle of Islay off the coast of Argyll in western Scotland , where , with a courtesy rare among invaders , he paid for the provisions he needed . |
| 25 | Ha ha I paid for the tickets I 'm gon na drink it . |
| 26 | To embark for the islands they will need Namibian permission to pass through a restricted coastal diamond area , risking being shot on sight for straying from the road ! |
| 27 | Ideas , according to Berkeley , are particulars whose significance is explained by saying that they stand for the things they represent . |
| 28 | Whilst the home authority can plan and contract for the services it identifies as being required to meet the needs of its population , it is not clear who will decide which individuals will receive these services . |
| 29 | After 1714 the balance shifted to a point where the King and the Commons had something like mutual vetoes : the King chose the ministers and could normally be sure of not having to put up with a minister he disliked , but the Commons could reject a minister they disliked by refusing to vote for the taxes he proposed , thus pushing the King into dismissing him . |
| 30 | But cutting this benefit will throw up hard cases , what worries a Tory elder is the way younger MP s approach the decision whether to support the Government on a pick and mix principle , he says , they no longer see the need to take the rough with smooth , to vote for the things they detest as well as those they like . |