Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 2 | There is no greater modern illusion , even fraud , than the use of the single term work to cover what for some is , as noted , dreary , painful , socially demeaning and what for others is enjoyable , socially reputable and economically rewarding . |
| 3 | She liked Clara because Clara was bright , and for no other reason : she had no need to like her for any other reason , as she was well equipped with a busy social life and a lover . |
| 4 | BSDI 's motion to dismiss , which makes significant use of the Xerox/Apple precedent , claims USL 's failure to sue them for any patent , trade secret or copyright infringement , or even allege such a violation , taints their case . |
| 5 | You can do that … no need to train you for that . ’ |
| 6 | They manhandled Mr Reagan to the side of the stage and pounced on his attacker , forcing him over the podium to check him for any possible weapons before dragging him away . |
| 7 | It was the question she had been screwing up her courage to ask him for some time , but Duro pretended he had n't heard , and turned away to talk to Dom Alfonso . |
| 8 | No , she 's said , she , she ai n't got the courage to ask her for more money , so I said well just give it a few more weeks and then Anne and Brian 's turn up , if it do n't get any better then , I 'm afraid you got Anne and Brian 's . |
| 9 | She had not been far behind him , and yet had heard no sound to prepare her for this . |
| 10 | and get another person to sponsor us for that |
| 11 | ‘ It might be my last chance to entertain you for some time to come . ’ |
| 12 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |
| 13 | I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded . |
| 14 | In the forty third minute , Foyle volleyed wide from fifteen yards when really he should have been on target after receiving from Magilton , and as referee Taylor was looking at his whistle to blow it for half time , United skipper , Steve Foster drove forward from the edge of the penalty area , shrugged off a couple of challenges , hit a good low shot , seemingly under the body of Gosney , but Gosney 's body just halted the flow of the ball . |
| 15 | The inclusion of this clause enables him to recover all loss , however remote , ( provided he can prove causation ) suffered as a result of the sellers 's wrongful acts , since the seller has , by the clause , undertaken an express obligation to compensate him for such loss . |
| 16 | ‘ The delay has cost £20,000 and we can buy a gold door to replace it for less than that . ’ |
| 17 | Just recently I was talking to a man who had crossed the world to see someone for this very reason . |
| 18 | The issues raised by this and subsequent questions go to the heart of the debate on the Compensation Fund , and it is apparent that many of those who answered negatively felt to varying degrees that in the present commercial climate the public could no longer expect the entire profession to compensate them for any losses they suffered at the hands of a tiny minority of errant solicitors — particularly as no comparable compensation was available from the providers of other professional services . |
| 19 | An appeal is well under way to buy one for each of the county 's 30 ambulances . |
| 20 | This " touched Booth more deeply than any lavish endowment " but lie was loathe for his officer to deny himself for such a long stretch of time . |
| 21 | ‘ You must tell your mum to bring you for another visit very soon , ’ Ruth told him . |
| 22 | His coach Ron Roddan says that , at 32 , he has never been fitter , that the disappointment of the World Championships last year , in which he ran his guts out and finished fourth , provided the final necessary impetus to give everything for this final race . |