Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 2 | When you show disapproval to a dog , reinforce this by ignoring him for a time . |
| 3 | This means that you can perform operations on it , such as scanning it for the particular information you want . |
| 4 | Nomura was also censured for breaking a rule which barred securities firms from holding more than 5 per cent of any company 's stock for their own investment purposes ( i.e. as distinct from holding them for clients ) . |
| 5 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 6 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 7 | If a patient can not change position at will , the nurse becomes responsible for doing it for him . |
| 8 | Whether this is because their earlier success is an indicator that they have the appropriate capabilities , or because their earlier study has been important in preparing them for entry , or some combination of these , is difficult to say definitively without further research . |
| 9 | Even more importantly users are skillful at manipulating it for their own purpose . " |
| 10 | He was used to paddling it for miles at a stretch . |
| 11 | I used to hide these three pennies because er not being used to having anything for nothing , when I 'd got two or three coppers , I 'd d I 'd find a little hiding place outside and this house had an outside wash house in the back and I used to hide them . |
| 12 | Six years ago , her own bewildering awareness of him , the way it had made her feel threatened , must have been obvious to him when his simple presence , a glance in her direction , the sound of his voice , had been enough to unnerve her ; but these days she answered back — and for some reason he was hell-bent on punishing her for what he believed her to be , humiliating her with constant reminders of his contempt . |
| 13 | Most of the friends were too old or too physically enfeebled to be capable of offering themselves for military glory . |
| 14 | Molloy and Carroll suggest that while Access courses equip students with whatever is necessary for the completion of a degree course they may be less successful in preparing them for the higher levels of academic performance . |
| 15 | Ford began changing the way it treated its suppliers in 1980 by rating them for qual ity . |
| 16 | ‘ I have always gotten the sense that museums , which are very active in lobbying us for money , take the essential position : ‘ Give us the money and leave us alone ’ ’ , Brodsky announced at a hearing last week . |
| 17 | Tennis players are notoriously bad in preparing themselves for the season — and especially the ‘ off ’ season . |