Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're not showing theirs or using it for any other purpose just for the dog 's benefit . |
| 2 | Whether for chamfering , grooving , templating or using it for intricate decorative work , this machine will help you do it cleanly and quickly . |
| 3 | ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ? |
| 4 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 5 | Another stimulus to the market has come from issuers buying back bonds , to retire the debt entirely or swap it for new equity . |
| 6 | It was no longer possible for casual thieves to take an animal for their own use , or to sell it for agricultural purposes in a village five or ten kilometres distant . |
| 7 | In the event , no effort was needed : the early years of the Great War caused great damage to the Edinburgh printing trade , with several firms going out of business , others laying off workers or releasing them for other jobs since trade was so poor . |
| 8 | Or pass it for another . |
| 9 | Well that depends on whether you are actually doing it during an audit or doing it for other reasons , what they are looking for is that your system is getting better and that you have done the right things . |
| 10 | Bank issuers have responded to the non-bank challenge with a blaze of publicity about how they are cutting their own fees , which are typically $20–40 a year , or waiving them for new card-holders in the first year . |
| 11 | He wondered what Berowne was expecting him to do ; find a potential blackmailer or investigate him for double murder ? |
| 12 | Admirable as such schemes seemed from St Petersburg , they looked very different on the ground : it was reported from one ‘ city ’ designated an administrative hub that no one had entered or left it for three months . |
| 13 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 14 | After inspecting an item of mail , each user can elect to delete the message or retain it for later examination . |
| 15 | The story ends with the teacher coming over and praising him for this reaction and Little Turtle receiving a very good report card that term . |
| 16 | Yeah , well you then just go and change them for that one drawing ! |
| 17 | No , I 'll I 'll I 'll ring them up and book it for eight . |
| 18 | The Gardeners ' Chronicle , reviewing the experiment , coined the name ‘ carpet bedding ’ for it , and recommended it for wider trial . |
| 19 | He particularly admired the beautiful white spikes of Itea and recommended it for late flowering , a quality which also applied to Clethra alnifolia . |
| 20 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
| 21 | The Goths , however , objected to this national treasure being handed over , and redeemed it for 200,000 solidi . |
| 22 | He conquered him so completely that the man now housed him , clothed , fed and supported him and used every spare minute to coach and prepare him for some as yet unrevealed greatness . |
| 23 | He had originally intended to polish up the wood and sell it for five shillings , but when he was fortunate enough to obtain the gramophone he realised he should repair the machine and install it in the cabinet . |
| 24 | The leaflet accused the Moslem of kidnapping children and using them for ritual purposes . |
| 25 | Guy Hunt , the Governor of Alabama , was indicted on Dec. 28 by a grand jury in Montgomery on charges of appropriating US$200,000 from his inaugural fund and using it for personal purposes . |
| 26 | You have been surrounded by speech and using it for most of your life . |
| 27 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 28 | And it was , it was about two hundred pounds a night and got it for ten pounds a night . |
| 29 | It achieved temperatures over a million degrees and sustained them for several milliseconds . |
| 30 | Lord Hulton was a devotee of May and Baker 's Propamidine Cream and used it for all minor cuts and grazes in his cattle . |