Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insistent demands of the computer make it hard for attention to wander , and unlike a human opponent , it can not be sidetracked , or exhausted . |
| 2 | The hosepipe ban made it hard for Pa to water during the hours of daylight . |
| 3 | Their presence made it hard for the women to rescue the corpses of the drowned , and many bodies had to be abandoned to them . |
| 4 | This therefore will be my last Sunday with you and so I take this opportunity to thank you again for all your kindnesses to me and for the way you made me welcome when I arrived 5 years ago ( does n't time fly ! ) . |
| 5 | This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ The lad is torn politically because while their president is happy to let us have him on trial , the trainer wants him back for matches . |
| 7 | Mummy told him off for saying it when I was there . |
| 8 | Twelve years after the Republicans moved into the White House and 13 months after the Arkansas governor launched his long-shot bid to win it back for the Democrats , the man on the defensive was Mr Bush . |
| 9 | and the rent , when I , I 'm going back six years now , the rent to leave it there for twelve months was only seventy pound a year |
| 10 | Passing one by one in front of a counter , a Corporal sized us up for height and girth before dumping a pile of cast-off clothes in front of each one of us . |
| 11 | Shiona thought disapprovingly , as she crossed to the coffee-maker to switch it on for herself . |
| 12 | The train , carrying up to 500 passengers in 12 coaches , ploughed into the heavy seats at top speed dragging them underneath for a mile . |
| 13 | He said the children 's history of abuse and separation made it hard for them to trust anyone . |
| 14 | A few weeks later the appointments committee asked him back for another interview ; only one other candidate remained on the shortlist . |
| 15 | DENNIS JENKIN EXPLAINS HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR SPREADSHEET TO WORK IT OUT FOR YOU . |
| 16 | After a brief lapse , Fate booked us in for more hardship . |
| 17 | When fate marks you down for immortality you 'd just better bite the bullet and lace your boots up tight . |
| 18 | Those who were too tired to move and still felt cold took themselves off for a hot bath . |
| 19 | If his work kept him late for a meal , he had satirical reproaches cast upon his head by the landlady . |
| 20 | Nancy was able to come to Bedford and a kindly Methodist lady put her up for the night . |
| 21 | A branch line train took us to Aubagne where a coach picked us up for the journey up to the camp . |
| 22 | From there he was handed on to Bloomsbury House , where Elaine Blond agreed a one-off payment to fit him out for another job . |
| 23 | No , he would n't let business make him late for Shabbos . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want the feckin' Gardai pullin' me up for drunken drivin' . ’ |
| 25 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 26 | In the thirtieth minute , Gary Weaving scored what looked like a perfectly good goal , only for the linesman to rule it out for offside , to everyone 's dismay . |
| 27 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
| 28 | Now you know this , do n't start applying it rigorously as a rule which will inhibit your sailing , merely let the body work it out for itself by noticing the levelness of the horizon . |
| 29 | An academic takes him away for extensive intelligence tests , but he becomes disruptive and eventually opts to return home . |
| 30 | It is not in your nature to use them just for your own enrichment , for titillating the vanity of young society women . |