Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made me wait for two years . |
| 2 | If you have any recipes that work particularly well , please let me know for future editions of this book . |
| 3 | The Prado 's director , Felipe Vicente Garin , retorted : ‘ Why should I call for new ideas when I 've already got my own ? ’ |
| 4 | I realise the importance of such matters in Scotland , but may I ask for crisper questions ? |
| 5 | What I am going to miss is the opportunity to pontificate in peace , without let or hindrance , as Punch has let me do for eight years . |
| 6 | So please will you consider for three months out of our funds which has to be the to pay her that amount of money or else we can not cope . |
| 7 | ‘ Can you wait for five minutes ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ the foreman said , ‘ what do you expect for eighty bucks a week ? |
| 9 | Will she confirm for those pensioners that their savings are safe with us ? |
| 10 | What do you do for existing teachers ? |
| 11 | ‘ Do you work for International Models or another agency now ? ’ |
| 12 | COULD YOU smile for eight weeks ? |
| 13 | Where , then , may we look for hopeful areas of peace , ways in which this new overwhelmingly destructive and readily deployable force may be contained , not just for a few years , but in our minuscule timespan , for ever ? |
| 14 | How do we pay for clinical services which we are purchasing ? |
| 15 | Could we arrange for such offenders to have a sound thrashing ? |
| 16 | Put in the monkfish slices and let them poach for 3–4 minutes , until cooked through . |
| 17 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |
| 18 | At Mr Banzer 's closing rally in La Paz , many Bolivians defied the cold to hear him call for higher taxes on the rich and more efficiency in government : ‘ We will tighten the government 's belt and loosen the belt on the people . ’ |
| 19 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
| 20 | Where will they turn for new markets ? |
| 21 | Let them heat for five minutes . |
| 22 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
| 23 | Rub the fish on both sides with the salt and let it stand for 20 minutes . |
| 24 | Does he go for new tactics or again show faith in the squad he took to Sweden ? |
| 25 | The test of a skill description is : does it indicate how an individual goes about a task , does it allow for individual differences such as those between a highly skilled operator and a mediocre one ? |
| 26 | Bring it to the boil and let it simmer for 5 minutes . |
| 27 | If Gina was pleasant to him she could share ; if not , he would make them last for two meals . |
| 28 | and help us care for 6000 years of history |
| 29 | and help us care for 6000 years of history |