Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us . |
| 2 | Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ? |
| 3 | ‘ This says something for the era in which projects have to be approved by television , ’ he told me . |
| 4 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 5 | When Midland Amalgamated headhunted him for the MD 's job at Pringle 's they offered him a Rover 3500 Vanden Plas , but Vic stuck out for the Jaguar , a car normally reserved for divisional chairmen , and to his great satisfaction he had got one , even though it was n't quite new . |
| 6 | This prompts you for the input range and you type this in or select it by pointing . |
| 7 | This compensates us for the cost of processing your booking , advertising your holiday for sale , and reflects the risk that the holiday may remain unsold . |
| 8 | Wilkinson added : ‘ It brings football into disrepute and washing dirty linen in public does nothing for the game . |
| 9 | Wilkinson added : ‘ It brings football into disrepute and washing dirty linen in public does nothing for the game . |
| 10 | what went badly , and what beneficial feedback does that give me for the future ? |
| 11 | Carers are likely to be looking after a dying loved one for the first time in their life ; their anxieties may be greater than the patient 's . |
| 12 | I had to admit to myself that that threw me for the minute . |
| 13 | I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff . |
| 14 | It was also an implicit protest at what many in Co-operation had seen as an exercise which at best fundamentally misconceived the Movement 's nature and aspirations , at worst misused them for the purposes of a political performance . |
| 15 | All languages have systems but they do not all use them for the same purposes ; what is an essential distinction in one language may be quite disregarded in another . |
| 16 | It may , in fact , be better to organise it for the day after you move , because being certain that everything will run according to plan on the day of the move is almost impossible , so it is better to do without your cooker overnight and schedule this for the next morning when you know you are definitely going to be there . |
| 17 | this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out |
| 18 | ‘ The test for Neil is whether he could have done anything better to prepare himself for the task ahead . |
| 19 | If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods . |
| 20 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 21 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 22 | PERSONAL liability of £250,000 to £1 million is advisable to cover you for the legal liability of injuring someone or damaging their property , particularly as insurers report an increase in such claims . |
| 23 | He predicts that , within two years or so , people will be able to buy it for the price of a cheap piano . |
| 24 | The information was n't either was n't available to him or was not understood by him and he was n't able to interpret it for the board . |
| 25 | Oh I wo n't be able to get it for the following day . |
| 26 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |
| 27 | The seventeen pensioners who were able to join us for the annual get-together enjoyed themselves immensely and are already looking forward to next year 's trip ! |
| 28 | If it does n't work out , no-one including yourself will be able to blame you for the breakdown of your marriage . |
| 29 | If it does n't work out , no one including yourself will be able to blame you for the breakdown of your marriage . |
| 30 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |