Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun sg] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policies of the Fabians were described by Beatrice Webb during the 1890s as ‘ essentially collective ownership wherever practicable ; collective regulation everywhere else ; collective provision according to need for all the impotent and sufferers ; and collective taxation in proportion to wealth ’ . |
| 2 | The most noteworthy consequences of such an attitude was that at the same time as growing numbers of Latin Americans , particularly young people , were looking to Marxism for some kind of solution , the orthodox Communist parties were widely perceived to be inert and impotent . |
| 3 | He 'd put his mind to it that he would n't , you know this he had it in mind that we were going to work for this thirty pound a week less , take it or leave it . |
| 4 | But if I 'm going to work for these people — and what choice do I have ? — I need all the forewarning I can get . |
| 5 | I was going to garden for some active therapy but when I got there I thought better of it . |
| 6 | I was beginning to Cleaver for another drink in the Railway Hotel before returning home . |
| 7 | Serious injuries have meant players travelling to Teesside for more specialist help . |
| 8 | Although I am a motorist myself I use the car as little as possible , prefering to cycle for all urban journeys . |