Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( And four Los Angeles policemen beating a black man 56 times after stopping him for speeding does not count as better law enforcement . ) |
| 2 | At the time of presenting themselves for employment , many nurses/mothers may not have experienced any difficulties with their children 's health or may not have foreseen the possible difficulties . |
| 3 | To round up clans of Ayoreo Indians with the dubious intent of rescuing them for Christianity , massacring those resistant to ‘ taming , imprisoning the remainder and allowing them to sink into ill-health and torpor , seems monstrous . |
| 4 | Three days ago she had refused her final chance of giving it for love . |
| 5 | But doctors decided not to patch up her wounds in casualty for fear of scarring her for life . |
| 6 | But doctors decided not to patch up her wounds in casualty for fear of scarring her for life . |
| 7 | A curving drive amongst trees leads up to the side of the lake and continues thence along the edge of the water in beautiful surroundings richly endowed with lovely trees planted by the Farrers in the days long ago when woodlands were intended for ornamental display and were allowed to develop to full maturity with no thought of slaughtering them for profit . |
| 8 | ‘ Well over half of the clients that approach IMRS for consolidation software are currently using spreadsheets , and have discovered that there are all sorts of horrendous problems associated with using them for consolidation . |
| 9 | She 'd taxed him with trading them for snuff , which was his passion , and he 'd not denied it . |
| 10 | Greeting Coleman like an old friend , although they had met only once before , Hurley said Sasser had told him about Condor Television and its plans for covering events in Lebanon , and how about joining him for lunch ? |
| 11 | Ants , like moths , only produce silk during their larval stage , but this does not prevent them from using it for nest-building . |
| 12 | Always flatten angelica with the blade of a knife before using it for decoration . |
| 13 | It was already his nickname with fellow-writers such as Ezra Pound ; and , in adopting it for use by the youngest generation , he may have again wished to convey , though with slightly less emphasis , the elusive character of that animal , with its instinct for feigning and dissembling . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Though he has difficulty in writing anything for publication , he is a scrupulous and painstaking examiner , and his own examination papers are carefully pondered , finely drafted works of art . |
| 16 | The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment . |
| 17 | The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment . |
| 18 | I have not heard anything more since then , and am anxious to give you as much time as possible working with the tape before asking you for feedback on your experiences with it . |
| 19 | Police spent three hours persuading her to leave the car before taking her for counselling at a police station . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We 've got an arrangement with the health authority about the maximum time we will take in assessing somebody for discharge from hospital . |
| 22 | However , if the bailor was not the owner but had , for example , stolen them before leaving them for repair or treatment , etc. then the true owner will still have good title ( i.e. unless one of the other exceptions to the nemo dat principle applies ) . |
| 23 | If your supplier conditions newly arrived fish before offering them for sale you will usually avoid problems once the fish are transferred to your aquarium . |
| 24 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 25 | There were a number of holiday cottages there , and we were so taken by their outlook that we talked about taking one for Christmas , but this morning saner counsels prevailed . |
| 26 | As musicians , jazz poets and exponents of hardhitting lyrics there are n't many outfits that come even close to matching them for dynamism or style . |
| 27 | However , again subject to the articles , the bearer of the warrant is entitled , on surrendering it for cancellation , to have his name and shareholding re-entered on the register . |
| 28 | Because photographs and line artwork processed through a scanner are captured as bitmaps all the earlier comments about painting programs apply equally when it comes to re-sizing them for inclusion within a page . |
| 29 | I 'm goin I 'm gon na upgrade it for business you know . |
| 30 | Both were constructed at the Chrzanow Locomotive Works in Poland , one in 1954 and work on restoring these , plus regauging them for use on the centre 's narrow gauge line will start in the near future . |