Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MR IAN ROWDON OF HALCROW WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT/INTRODUCTION . |
| 2 | He was asking me to respect him for an astute and informed observer , an impartial and honest man . |
| 3 | And if we 're offering you your passage home , you and the children , and help in finding your feet once you get there , and a good convent school for the girls , so that they can go straight on with the nuns and wo n't really notice any difference , well , all that 's to be regarded as a loan , which we 're very glad to offer you for an extended period , in the hopes of getting you back among caring people . " |
| 4 | FRENCH inventors are being urged to gird themselves for an economic war against foreigners who steal their ideas . |
| 5 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 6 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |