Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 2 | MR IAN ROWDON OF HALCROW WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT/INTRODUCTION . |
| 3 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 4 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 5 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 6 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 7 | The eyes flickered up to meet mine for a split second before returning to his notes . |
| 8 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 9 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 10 | TO our delight Edinburgh 's own novelist Lucilla Andrews accepted and invitation to visit us for a formal presentation of some signed copies of her books . |
| 11 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 13 | If the European Fighter Aircraft fails to go ahead , the Government will have to brace itself for a further jobs bombshell . |
| 14 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 15 | ‘ I am writing to thank you for a lovely holiday near Brno in Czechoslovakia at the Hotel Form . |
| 16 | Indeed sometimes this spirit of God comes to specific people to endow them for a particular task . |
| 17 | As more people choose to enjoy the horse for leisure and sporting activities , the Event will bring together everyone with a serious interest and involvement in horses , and those with the land and resources who may wish to utilise them for a new equine business . |
| 18 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 19 | Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years . |
| 20 | For some years , it was used by the American Church , which offered to buy it for a substantial sum from the London diocese when its lease expired ; but the offer was refused and the church declared redundant . |
| 21 | Clearly , if you or I should happen to chance on a second , battered and with a dozen pages adrift , we should be happy to buy it for a modest sum . |
| 22 | If they are purchased through a large department store , the shop will send an expert to fix them for a small extra charge . |
| 23 | There are four key ideas in that sentence , and I want to underline them for a few more minutes . |
| 24 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 25 | If you would like to nominate someone for a future issue , send the details to at . |
| 26 | We train to do something for a particular purpose , to develop the performance of specific tasks or skills . |
| 27 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 28 | Wahono , general chair of Golkar ( the ruling Functional Group Centre or Golongan Karya Pusat ) , announced on Oct. 20 that President Suharto had agreed to Golkar 's plan to nominate him for a sixth five-year term as president . |
| 29 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 30 | He was asking me to respect him for an astute and informed observer , an impartial and honest man . |