Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of the public took the opportunity to see for themselves in a unique open day . |
| 2 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
| 3 | But Faye had already turned to the thick , creamy frontispiece to check for herself before leafing through the rest of the volume . |
| 4 | ‘ So I went through my phrase-book to search for something like ‘ Shut up ’ . |
| 5 | Acknowledgement of the fact of this fundamental need for a ‘ god ’ , and the need to provide for it in any social order , can be the vital factor in finding a way to ease the sufferings of the world . |
| 6 | SHe had no desire to discover for hirself at what point serious physical injury might occur . |
| 7 | Until recently , even though a man who had to give up his job to care for someone at home was eligible for invalid care allowance , a co-habitating or married woman who did the same , was not eligible . |
| 8 | We have a right to ask for it to be put back to the state it was in . ’ |
| 9 | First , they are not providential signs inviting the beholder to wish for something with the promise that such a wish will be fulfilled . |
| 10 | If he needs lifting , he is likely to need a commode , unless there is enough room around the toilet to allow for him to be lifted from a wheelchair to the toilet seat . |
| 11 | You are strongly advised to consult a solicitor without delay to act for you in your appeal . |
| 12 | Their choice to negotiate for them over the property group 's restructuring is the American financier who , after a colourful career in the more maverick corners of the Euromarkets , agreed to buy the Marshalls money-broking business from British & Commonwealth but failed to find the cash . |
| 13 | back seat for soccer this weekend but still an awful lot to play for what with Oxford fighting relegation and Swindon chasing promotion |
| 14 | You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time . |
| 15 | No one had heard of access to ink print information in those days and as I was the only blind student there I did n't feel I had any support to ask for it to be made available . |
| 16 | It is a good idea to wait for one to three months , after coming off the Pill , to see what effect this has — for some women , the Pill itself is the unsuspected source of vague health problems , so the anti- Candida diet may be unnecessary . |
| 17 | I do n't know I , I would n't be in a position to answer for them to be honest with you . |
| 18 | When Betjeman failed his Divinity exams at the end of his first year , it would have been open to his tutor to plead for him with the College so that he could resit these comparatively unimportant exams and stay on at the University . |
| 19 | The real argument is not how a doctor 's conduct can be characterized , but whether under the circumstances he has fulfilled his duty to the patient to care for him in good faith . |
| 20 | In the far north-east and Karnchatka a common marriage practice was the residence of the husband in the family of his bride for a certain period of time , in order to pay for her by performing work for the family . |
| 21 | I bought myself a mug of tea at the counter in order to pay for something for a change , then I sat and waited for Kathleen . |
| 22 | The ability to develop new drugs is now greater than most countries ' ability to pay for them without rationing or screening systems — for example , France controls individual prices and Germany has initiated a reference system which pays a basic price for all drugs in the same category . |
| 23 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
| 24 | I mean , er the thing is if you 've got a name and you want to that 's the time to work for it in that little |
| 25 | The English form requires the applicant to specify the name of an English solicitor to act for him in England . |
| 26 | They could also seek to express their views by searching out a friendly bishop to speak for them in the debates . |