Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 2 | Another stimulus to the market has come from issuers buying back bonds , to retire the debt entirely or swap it for new equity . |
| 3 | Or pass it for another . |
| 4 | He wondered what Berowne was expecting him to do ; find a potential blackmailer or investigate him for double murder ? |
| 5 | 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 : |
| 6 | After inspecting an item of mail , each user can elect to delete the message or retain it for later examination . |
| 7 | Yeah , well you then just go and change them for that one drawing ! |
| 8 | No , I 'll I 'll I 'll ring them up and book it for eight . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | and swap it for that ? |
| 11 | Where in previous years these vessels had been purely large fishing vessels loading salted fish into barrels for immediate export to their own ports , now there came great numbers of large factory ships and modern trawlers which could process fish , package it and freeze it for indefinite periods . |
| 12 | The Duc d'Orléans refused Stair 's demand to hand over the ships and their contents to Byng but did agree to unload the weapons and remove them for safe keeping to a French arsenal , a notable diplomatic triumph . |
| 13 | Put me in the oven and bake me for forty minutes . |
| 14 | Section 143 requires local authorities to compile registers of land that might be contaminated and open them for public inspection . |
| 15 | " To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . " |
| 16 | In spring 1978 , Marcella Evaristi had persuaded the Traverse that she and I ought to put a ‘ poetry reading ’ together , and run it for several nights . |
| 17 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your guilt you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your guilt feelings and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 18 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your inadequacy , you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your feelings of inadequacy and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 19 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your inhibition you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your inhibition and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 20 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your jealousy you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your jealousy and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 21 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your worry you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your worry and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 22 | It 's an antique and that bloke 's an antique dealer , he 's come to nick it off the line and flog it for thousands . |
| 23 | They can ship it , National Power can ship it half way across the world and get it for eighteen pound a ton . |
| 24 | These could test and modify units designed at international workshops ( or by other centres ) or initiate work of their own and present it for international criticism , modification and subsequent diffusion to other countries . |
| 25 | General practitioners are available to identify problems and refer them for further investigation , and to cooperate with the hospitals for long-term treatment . |
| 26 | I was up there three days campaigning , objecting to this that I 'm being charged and believe me for those three days I stood right in Queen Street , just outside the offices there , and at no , any time during , at any particular time of day , you could have come along to me , and there were still one thousand five hundred people standing there , rain , hail , sleet or blow . |
| 27 | Like , her politics were really cool … ’ she says , and explains how her mother would set up estate agents and expose them for discriminatory letting policies . |
| 28 | The umbrella ants chew up leaves and use them for growing food . |
| 29 | Now we are to have ‘ Sovereign : A Celebration of Forty Years of Service ’ from 3 April ( until 13 September ) , brainchild of Robin Gill , Executive Chairman of the charity Royal Anniversary Trust which will receive any profits arising from the exhibition and use them for educational projects . |
| 30 | The first such coins were made from electrum from the rivers that flowed down from the Troilus Mountains , but advantage was soon taken of the different status in the traditional value system of the gold and silver components to separate them and use them for different denominations . |