Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The client for whom the firm is acting should be clearly identified and care should be taken to ensure that third parties do not form the impression that the firm is advising them or acting for them when this is not the case . |
| 2 | The client for whom the firm is acting should be clearly identified and care should be taken to ensure that third parties do not form the impression that the firm is advising them or acting for them when this is not the case . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’ |
| 4 | Impressive rock scenery , deep pools and silvery cascades ; the ravines of the Peak District have a lot going for them as interesting ways of reaching the high moorland , suggests Jerry Rawson |
| 5 | Naylor was waiting for her when twenty minutes later she went back down the stairs . |
| 6 | On the doorstep his final words to the last guest to leave were , ‘ You must vote for me when next I apply for a Cambridge professorship ’ . |
| 7 | He was out canvassing when he encountered an old lady who was ready to vote for him as long as he could convince her about Labour Party policy on cats . |
| 8 | but this is a quite serious problem and er I do n't , I do n't apologise for it because this is what 's known as a donor card . |
| 9 | Some of the other letters in the box ( the typed ones ) were much less elegant , and seemed to have come from strangers ; they contained advice of a different sort , instructions about where to get sex and how much to pay for it if necessary , often these were just plain filth like I 'd like to do this to you and then I 'd like to do that to you , be at the top of the park in your grey school trousers and I 'll show you what a real man can do for you . |
| 10 | All leading politicians , whether they 're Labour , Conservative , Liberal Democrats , they all have the media working for them because that 's the way politics is these days . |
| 11 | The NHS has more volunteers working for it than any other agency . |