Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must ask those who are more familiar with the sciences to forgive me for any passages where they feel I might be guilty of over simplification . |
| 2 | Nobody came to see me for three days . |
| 3 | And I did return to nurse them for two years |
| 4 | The issues raised by this and subsequent questions go to the heart of the debate on the Compensation Fund , and it is apparent that many of those who answered negatively felt to varying degrees that in the present commercial climate the public could no longer expect the entire profession to compensate them for any losses they suffered at the hands of a tiny minority of errant solicitors — particularly as no comparable compensation was available from the providers of other professional services . |
| 5 | Before 1688 kings had been able to choose their ministers and to wield sufficient power to keep them in office unless the Commons used the exceptional procedure of impeachment to try to prosecute them for political misdemeanours . |
| 6 | Gusev deduced that Volkov was in love with a woman who 'd been sent to entrap him for political purposes , so Gusev deduced . |
| 7 | I want to write it for live musicians of both sexes . |
| 8 | He must need to know it for other reasons . |
| 9 | There was a rush by speculators to buy the true classics , subject them to extremely expensive rebuilds , and then to attempt to sell them for sky-high prices . |
| 10 | It was no longer possible for casual thieves to take an animal for their own use , or to sell it for agricultural purposes in a village five or ten kilometres distant . |
| 11 | Because such objects gain value as time elapses it means that a profit can be realised by anyone patient enough to conceal them for twenty years . |
| 12 | I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded . |
| 13 | It seems that she had fallen in love with him but she " did n't know where I was at all " with him ; he would be most affectionate towards her and then , for no apparent reason , seemed to avoid her for protracted periods . |
| 14 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 15 | I tried to press him for some specifics , but he was n't saying much . |
| 16 | The idea was to use her for short patrols inshore and around the large estuaries and harbours of the south Coast . |
| 17 | Although technically Yeltsin was still able to nominate Gaidar as Prime Minister , subject to Congress 's approval , and to retain him for three months even without such approval , it appeared that , realising the need for political compromise , he chose Chernomyrdin with Gaidar 's acquiescence . |
| 18 | Yeah well , it was right it was cheaper to do it for twelve months anyway . |
| 19 | It takes a special person to handle complaints in any case but to do it for 22 years deserves a special mention , always maintaining a diplomatic and friendly attitude to each individual case . |
| 20 | Christmas trees , and I have two small children that to try to sustain Christmas for three or four days is very difficult , to do it for three months is impossible ! |
| 21 | There 's not much point in paying out over £100 if you 're only going to use it for two weeks a year on holiday . |
| 22 | It is a quite deliberate attempt to depaganise the site by someone who wished to use it for other functions . |
| 23 | Remortgaging unlocks this capital , allowing you to use it for other purposes . |
| 24 | Furthermore they know that they can trust him because he will not filch money from the common agricultural policy , as Labour would do , to use it for other purposes . |
| 25 | There are some complications with this treatment , so I feel it is important to use it for specific indications . |
| 26 | He says the most obvious way is to use it for fireproof doors — for ceilings , lining internal paritions , all of which require to prevent fire going from one room to another for a given period of time . |
| 27 | I was supposed to use it for 20 minutes on each side in between Holly 's feeds , which were every two or three hours anyway . |
| 28 | TEC plans to use Employment Action as a pre-adult training phase , and Councillor , it intends to use it for those trainees who need extra help and resource , those that you referred to , those requiring language training , those requiring literacy and numeracy training , Councillor the very group that you referred to . |
| 29 | The US KRCA-TV Channel 62 is to use it to enhance its programme distribution , video post-production and satellite links , including connections to local sport and entertainment venues and the San Francisco Satellite Centre , a divisions of Watson Communication Systems Inc is to use it for local connections to its satellite teleports for US and overseas transmissions . |
| 30 | But you have to leave it for like months . |