Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other gentleman to whom I referred , Mr. Williams , was deported some little while ago , it being cheaper to deport him than prosecute him for the gross fraud that he has perpetrated against the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | Rather than punish him for the attempted rebellion , Henry gave Richard the task of quelling the very Aquitainian rebels from whom he had so recently looked for support . |
| 3 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 4 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 5 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 6 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 7 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 8 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 9 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 10 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 11 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 12 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 13 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
| 14 | These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was . |
| 15 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 16 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |
| 17 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 18 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 19 | As in all societies , ritual is particularly important when meeting someone for the first time . |
| 20 | It 's understandable that they can admire academics , but that 's not quite the same as loving them for the person they are . ’ |
| 21 | Patients will often be your greatest ally when testing yourself for the first time . |
| 22 | Leech was examined on 18th August 1669 to see if he was able " to instruct the youth so far as to fit them for the universities " by a panel composed of Dr. Slater , Mr. Watson ( Schoolmaster of Sutton 's Hospital ) , Mr. Holmes ( Schoolmaster of Christ 's Hospital ) , and Mr. Crumland ( a master from St. Paul 's ) . |
| 23 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 24 | Again , a person who acquires property for his own benefit by taking advantage of his position as trustee will be treated as holding it for the benefit of those entitled under the trust . |
| 25 | Faced with the demise of their traditional courses , and with a government anxious both to increase the skills of the new unemployed young , and to be seen as doing something for the unemployed , colleges responded by mounting a programme of full-time non-vocational , or pre-vocational , courses . |
| 26 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |
| 27 | Accordingly , Angel One had drawn on his ninjutsu training when preparing himself for the arena , with the purpose of springing a nasty surprise on his twin enemies — the Executioner and the Controller — should the opportunity present itself before he was himself killed . |