Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It followed radiotherapy to treat her for cancer . |
| 2 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 3 | The cub became so domesticated he had to be put through a special programme to prepare him for life in his natural habitat . |
| 4 | You see he 's and then he had the cheek to charge me for insurance ! |
| 5 | Magistrate Daphne Wickham freed Bridges , 20 , at London 's Thames court after finding there was insufficient evidence to send him for trial . |
| 6 | People were very angry when Admiral Byng failed to attack the French at Minorca , and the decision to execute him for cowardice was exactly what the public wanted . |
| 7 | So ask your GP to refer you for counselling . |
| 8 | We 've managed to hire the jackets the Salopettes the ski glasses the socks I 've sorted out , I 've told nan to buy you for Christmas . |
| 9 | The benefit plus arrangement has become well established over the last four years and it makes sense to use it for Community Action . |
| 10 | This is not a reason to avoid them for drama more than any other activity in school can help children find a mature approach to such topics . |
| 11 | After hearing the tapes , and being satisfied that they contained no breach of confidence , the Government discontinued the action and the BBC was finally able to broadcast " My Country Right or Wrong " , six months after it had originally been scheduled , and after being forced in this fashion to submit it for State " vetting " . |
| 12 | Furthermore , in order to organise yourself for leisure , you need to be reasonably sure , and to accept the fact that you will be unemployed long enough to make organising something worthwhile . |
| 13 | Cells work to keep calcium at vanishingly low internal concentrations , in order to use it for signalling . |
| 14 | THE Community Centre became a continental café for the morning on Saturday when the Alresford Twinning Association invited the public to join them for coffee and croissants . |
| 15 | Chairman Lord Younger has announced that , in addition to a tour of the building , Her Majesty has accepted an invitation to join him for lunch . |
| 16 | Our holidays all include a special invitation to join us for coffee at our Saturday morning welcome party . |
| 17 | I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient . |
| 18 | Some time ago I turned up at Broadcasting House to meet someone for lunch . |
| 19 | This is the first time in my working life I have to go to the family to ask them for money . |