Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do .
2 There are all kinds and levels of faith but only one God who will accept or reject us for the lives we live today .
3 Rather than punish him for the attempted rebellion , Henry gave Richard the task of quelling the very Aquitainian rebels from whom he had so recently looked for support .
4 The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot .
5 " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . "
6 It was exactly eleven o'clock when the nurse came to her and said , ‘ You may go and see him for a minute . ’
7 I said , you may go and see him for a minute , he 's out .
8 ‘ Where the occupier of premises agrees for reward that a person shall have the right to enter and use them for a mutually contemplated purpose , the contract between the parties ( unless it provides to the contrary ) contains an implied warranty that the premises are as safe for that purpose as reasonable care and skill on the part of anyone can make them . ’
9 ‘ I feel I should write and thank you for the smooth transition and vast improvement to the standard of cleaning at our premises .
10 I then used a fingertip roughly to blend and spread them for a hazier and more subtle finish .
11 You yourself may come and visit her for an hour once a month .
12 Peter Nieswand used to go and interview him for the BBC , sitting as I did beside his swimming pool , looking across the lawn on to six miles of fine farm-land .
13 ‘ Er — I was wondering if you could just come and help me for a moment ? ’
14 Well , can we go and ask him for an invitation ?
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