Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Someone suffering property damage not exceeding £275 may , of course , be able to claim for it in negligence or under the implied terms in the Sale of Goods Act ) . |
| 2 | Each subject key is restricted to three letters and a pupil searching for information on WATER might search under PHY and WAT for materials on WATER in relation to PHYSICS or under WAT to search for anything on WATER . |
| 3 | Sandy then asked me if I 'd like to carry for him at Walton Heath for the Cup . |
| 4 | I shall only be able to weep for him at night , after Enid has fallen asleep . |
| 5 | To get good dried apricots it is nowadays necessary to shop for them in wholefood and health food stores . |
| 6 | She promises to come for him at noon . |
| 7 | I do n't suppose I could persuade you to work for me in return ? |
| 8 | Persuaded her to work for him with promises he had no intention of fulfilling ? |
| 9 | Although no evidence of his activities before 1643 survives , we know that by then he had married , had established a house and warehouse at Leadenhall Street , and had brought over many of his relatives to work for him in England . |
| 10 | Can staff arrange for others to work for them at times of crisis ? |
| 11 | The overall conclusion to be drawn from the above list is that the marketing department , in particular , disturbs the routines that other departments like to set for themselves in order to achieve efficiency in their own organization . |
| 12 | You can find out how to apply for yours on page 37 . |
| 13 | back seat for soccer this weekend but still an awful lot to play for what with Oxford fighting relegation and Swindon chasing promotion |
| 14 | GRAHAM Taylor 's players are willing to play for nothing in England 's World Cup ties — starting with Norway at Wembley on October 14 . |
| 15 | George Petchey was a driving , inspirational wing-half and certainly one of the best in that position in the old 3rd Division South , but he joined the Palace in the summer of 1960 to play for us under Arthur Rowe . |
| 16 | — Kersey said : ‘ Easy enough to fix for anybody with reason to . ’ |
| 17 | Heseltine 's aides were able to exploit this by urging all opponents of Mrs Thatcher to vote for him in order to bring their own preferred candidate into a second ballot . |
| 18 | By the mid 1960s , only four per cent were reporting that they might be willing once again to vote for someone like Hitler . |
| 19 | In summing up the wet-weather skills of the South Sea Islanders , American journalist Ed Hagerty put it better than anyone , ‘ It seems to rain for everyone except Fiji ’ . |
| 20 | Our leaders lost much support because they rejected the peace dividend policy of the delegate conference year after year and failed to campaign for it for years before 9 April , 1992 . |
| 21 | Dana 's shrill voice made Claudia jump away from Roman as if she were guilty of something , but Roman had only been about to say he had asked Dana to model for him in order to get to know her better . |
| 22 | To account for them by subsidence , it must be assumed that preglacial subsidence was so slow that any breaches could be healed by new coral growth , while the Post-glacial rise of sea level was so rapid that any breaches formed could not be filled . |
| 23 | These explanations try to isolate clearly-defined elements of behaviour , and to account for them in terms of the simplest possible models of learning . |
| 24 | Crookes could not explain satisfactorily what was happening , but Stokes and others involved with the dynamical theory of gases were ultimately able to account for it in terms of collisions and energy . |
| 25 | We had to be able to invoice in a local currency and yet be able to account for it in sterling . ’ |
| 26 | Oh gee , tomorrow right , mum has gone to me the other day oh , there 's this woman at bridge she wants someone to baby-sit for her on Wednesday nights . |
| 27 | He thought it was Ketura who generally came to call for him before breakfast . |
| 28 | ( Miss Hardbroom had told them to revise for it after breakfast . ) |
| 29 | This seemed to me the greatest achievement of the afternoon ; some people do n't even learn to think for themselves at university . |
| 30 | Texas still has about the weakest campaign-finance laws of any big state , and some of its politicians still rely on lobbyists to pay for everything from trips and meals to golf tournaments . |