Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zborowski supplied the charcoal , paints , canvas , and brushes ; he also hired the models ( Modigliani insisted that they must be paid three to five francs an hour ) and any accessories , although the painter rarely asked for anything but the human figure for his work . |
| 2 | She probably managed to make him pay her a little more before she agreed to do what he wanted — and altogether earned for herself in one evening more than she does in several days of being a parlourmaid . |
| 3 | We can not finalise it until your condition has sufficiently stabilised for us to be reasonably sure that no unforeseen deterioration may occur . |
| 4 | Stefan , perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for them to be collected from my apartment in Vienna and brought down here for the wardrobe woman . ’ |
| 5 | Though the members of this genus are in many respects typical ascaridoids , their biology is sufficiently varied for it to be necessary to consider each species separately . |
| 6 | and these would have made up for some of the others perhaps won for them by Lloyd George . |
| 7 | De Man 's dynamic of absence and intrusion controls our response to his texts — Rousseau , Nietzsche , Rilke and Proust — and therefore to an ongoing critique on reference , because texts , like characters , apparently speak for themselves in the modes of citation and paraphrase . |
| 8 | Will my hon. Friend give greater and more sympathetic consideration to the question that has just been asked , because those of us who understand cask-conditioned ale — real beer — know that it is extremely damaging for it to be dispensed under pressure ? |
| 9 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 10 | Laura wore a long , grey satin dress with a big bow which was especially made for her in a more girlish style than she normally allowed herself . |
| 11 | His interests and habits had been too strictly and personally framed for him to be anything less than completely reliant on them . |
| 12 | This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed . |
| 13 | That is not a matter where the parties are sufficiently advanced for it to be addressed to me at this stage . |
| 14 | Shakespeare 's technique , to let us into a secret that the hero will only discover for himself at the end , is a common one in playwriting and storytelling . |
| 15 | — Kersey said : ‘ Easy enough to fix for anybody with reason to . ’ |
| 16 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 17 | No , she had wanted to go home where she would get something out of the fridge she had found ready stocked for her on her arrival in Taipei . |
| 18 | erm stage perhaps go for something like that for another couple of years and then yes , I mean when they 're getting a bit bigger and they |
| 19 | Men do so long for someone to be in charge . |
| 20 | Yes , he can continue at that level of a hundred and ninety but he 's obviously going to have to pay more , because he 's only paid for it for ten years , or he can reduce it down to the original amount . |
| 21 | If you are successful there will be much work for you in the future . ’ |
| 22 | Eddie Moore , our Church Officer , gave up a week of his holiday — and raised over £1,000 for Christian Aid , from the records and stamps , professionally prepared for us by Laurie Bruce and Scott Anderson . |
| 23 | Thus , despite widespread support for a National Government , there was little idea of how such a government might be brought about ; and little support for it among those who really mattered . |
| 24 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the details showed that the building was derelict , and permission was already secured for it to be demolished . |
| 26 | I know that there will be people just waiting for me to be injured and say ‘ I told you so ’ but I am confident that , this time , it 's not going to happen . ’ |
| 27 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 28 | But after the marriage and the party , when it was time , the brougham was already waiting for us at the front door , I could n't bear to leave . |
| 29 | Although walls can be initially quite expensive , they require very little maintenance , little or no staffing and draw in many user visits ( 10,000 per year in Glasgow , 6,000 per year in Fort William ) thus paying for themselves after only a few years . |
| 30 | Yes you normally pay for it in the following year . |