Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them would go for four or five months before any change of clothing reached them , not perhaps such a hardship as , without a change of clothes , Bernard Callinan found his irritating prickly-heat rash disappeared . |
| 2 | But none of them would do for today . |
| 3 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 4 | I keep trying to do that — but none of them will stand for it . " |
| 5 | However , if your elderly parent has no telephone and neither of you can pay for one , you should contact the local authority social services department , who are empowered to provide assistance towards the cost or , in some cases , free telephones for disabled housebound elderly people and others , under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 , although the extent of need is determined by the local authority in the light of resources . |
| 6 | Some of us may compensate for this by driving our cars like dervishes or creating dramas in our personal lives . |
| 7 | With her grace , and a few prayers the rest of us may find for you , you can hardly go unblessed . ’ |
| 8 | ( Most of us would kill for hair like that , Belinda ! ) |
| 9 | Each of us should ask for the wisdom necessary to appreciate the opportunities which developments in modern communications technology offer for serving God and his people , while at the same time recognizing the challenges such progress inevitably poses . |
| 10 | Which of us can hope for anything better than that to be said about us ? |
| 11 | Meanwhile , there 's nothing much either of us can do for them . |
| 12 | ‘ None of us can account for our movements precisely . |
| 13 | He does not ask us to emulate him : we are not divine , and none of us could die for the world . |
| 14 | If you are making your own pasta , use a strong flour , such as you would have for breadmaking . |
| 15 | In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms . |
| 16 | Or , more ingeniously , the underside can be mirrored so that when it is flipped up it will look for all the world like a large looking glass . |
| 17 | Sitting at right-angles to them ( on either side of the corner of a table ) or even alongside them will make for more harmony . |
| 18 | A family centre is a place where a child and his parents or those caring for him may go for occupational , social or recreational activities , or for advice , guidance or counselling . |
| 19 | If he never said it again , the way he had just expressed himself to her would last for the rest of her life . |
| 20 | Getting on with the neighbours is something the lucky ones among us can take for granted . |
| 21 | They derive their strength from the realization that not to abide by them would make for an unworkable constitution . |