Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 2 | The principal method is the study of hoards , since coins have frequently been deposited in hoards for safe-keeping and their owners have often been prevented from recovering them for a variety of reasons such as death or forgetfulness . |
| 3 | ‘ I think that certainly helped in preparing me for the jump — after all I had three years to think about it , ’ said Nigel . |
| 4 | This privilege must not be abused by using it for something which is not a point of order . |
| 5 | Its efficacy could then be assessed by substituting it for the dictionary definitions in the overlap program . |
| 6 | We are justified in using it for a quality of material things only if the quality is like the bodily sensation . |
| 7 | Therefore we are not justified in using it for a quality of material things . |
| 8 | There may in fact be some differences in these time intervals and in other pathogenetic factors between Kock pouches and pelvic pouches , but in view of the general clinical similarities between the RP syndromes in these two forms of pouch ( Table V ) , we have felt justified in combining them for the purposes of our analysis . |
| 9 | I think that people would be justified in rebuking me for deceiving them as to my whereabouts , but that I would no more have actually lied than if I had thrown my voice and said ‘ Cooee ‘ . |
| 10 | Men frequently fear women 's sexual power and feel justified in blaming them for acts of male violence . |
| 11 | Saddam has never been known for doing something for the benefit of others . |
| 12 | Indeed , the range of skills which actuaries develop nowadays are ideally suited to fitting them for corporate management in general . |
| 13 | I had seen him turn human with Margaret , but that glimpse had not been enough to tell me now whether he had stopped on recognizing me for her sake or because I was a Benedict 's nurse . |
| 14 | The fact that he gets it by being told it , as opposed to observing it for himself , is incidental . |
| 15 | ‘ Well over half of the clients that approach IMRS for consolidation software are currently using spreadsheets , and have discovered that there are all sorts of horrendous problems associated with using them for consolidation . |
| 16 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 17 | They 've economised by reducing it for the handout . |
| 18 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |