Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | David attempted to reassure him , and after he 'd arranged for him to be seen in the casualty department of the local eye unit he asked the factory welfare officer , Louise Raymond , to take him over . |
| 2 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 3 | He came out of the Harvester but it would have been nice if he 'd waited for there to be a gap in the traffic . |
| 4 | John Deane : Knew how much overtime needed for resignalling programme , but failed to ask for it to be extended . |
| 5 | After the ceremony , she and Ludovico went to Chiesa Santo Spirito , at the end of their road , where Ludovico had arranged for them to be blessed , explaining to her that it had no religious significance and did not endanger her non-Catholic soul . |
| 6 | Halfway down the Haymarket , now quite a distance from Piccadilly Circus , Neil paused , breathless , and afterwards wondered what kind god had arranged for him to be where he was . |
| 7 | Mrs Singh had been visited at home and the head had arranged for me to be present so that I could explain and reinforce any suggestions . |
| 8 | She could n't guess why Sandra Kettering in her detailed instructions had arranged for her to be there and for that mistake to be made . |
| 9 | There was the suspicion , too , that it was he who had arranged for us to be followed on our arrival in Lima , may even have planned our death by that gully on the old road up to the pass . |
| 10 | I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital . |
| 11 | By now the time had come for me to hand back to these women responsibility to go it alone . |
| 12 | The time had come for him to be totally unselfish and think only of Anna . |
| 13 | The Portuguese hearing would go ahead on 18 October even though Ferrari had asked for it to be postponed , he said . |
| 14 | He had asked for it to be so . |
| 15 | Cameron was already half an hour later than Alexandra had budgeted for him to be . |
| 16 | It had appeared , it would move on , but for this moment it was there for her — almost as if it had waited for her to be alone . |
| 17 | A kindly uncle with no children of his own had paid for him to be educated , but education only made him discontented with his lot in life . |