Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He offered to tutor the girl , but after trying to teach her for a while , gave it up as he considered she was unable to focus on what she was being taught . |
| 2 | He it is who not only empowers us to do right , but works in us the desire to want to do right , without which we would never dream of turning to ask him for his strength . |
| 3 | And last night , instead of trying to comfort him for his loss , he told him it was God 's vengeance upon him . |
| 4 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 5 | ‘ And , while I appreciate your charitable intent in trying to comfort me for Lotta 's absence from my bed , I tell you once more that the time when I might have needed consolation for Lotta 's tricks has long since passed , and the fact that I 've chosen to live the life of a monk for the past six months is because until the past few days I have felt no desire to give in to the temptations paraded before me . ’ |
| 6 | But you 'd to me you do n't you do n't turn to stealing to do it for a one off . |
| 7 | I mean what were you going to hoping to sell them for anyway ? |
| 8 | But the German jury responsible for selecting its nation 's entries for the Academy Awards caused a rumpus by declining to submit it for nomination . |