Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It cost the poor milkman a fortune to get them to pay him up for the milk people said they did n't get , you know ! |
| 32 | If I was n't able to admit it to some old woman I 'd never see again and who did n't matter a scrap to me , how was I going to face it out for the rest of my life ? |
| 33 | To soften me up for the kill ? |
| 34 | No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination . |
| 35 | He may have made a cool £250,000 out of writing George Michael 's biography , but he was cute enough to identify a demand for the tome , and lucky George did n't want to rip him off for the proceeds . |
| 36 | This seems quite difficult at first , but you should soon be able to weave more quickly as you find out when you move your hand to release the yarn ready to lay it over for the next row . |
| 37 | He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York . |