Example sentences of "[to-vb] for the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 2 | Nothing else was right , you had to go for the best in life , and I suppose we 've always felt that . ’ |
| 3 | They said if we did n't consent for him to claim for the two of us , they 'd summons me and him for aiding and abetting . |
| 4 | However , her books , though absorbing to the adult reader , are difficult to revive for the young of another generation because of their preoccupation ( even greater than that of her female contemporaries ) with social status . |
| 5 | It happened to work for the two of us , we were lucky . |
| 6 | Right to buy for the old to be extended |
| 7 | ‘ He chose to look for the spiritual through the physical , like Rimbaud and Kerouac . |
| 8 | Because few of us possess universal skills , we learn to value one another 's and to look for the unexpected amongst our colleagues ( the music teacher who is a professional photographer , the lab technician skilled in electronics ) ; and because teachers must necessarily concentrate mostly on what is pre-eminently their task , the design and communication of learning experiences , we value those para-professionals able to concentrate on related areas , such as the production of resources from our basic design , and the collection and organization of recorded information and communication in all formats . |
| 9 | As a matter of urgency I think chairman , be because if we 're going to apply , we need to apply for the first of April |
| 10 | He applied for the first chair and then thought better of it and withdrew the application ; refused to apply for the second despite the supplications of Cambridge friends ; and finally applied for the third , the chair of primacy , the regius chair made vacant by the retirement of Charles Raven . |
| 11 | ‘ Punishment enough , I think , ’ he said softly , as his hands traced a deliberately sensuous path over the clinging wetness of her shirt and came to rest for the briefest of moments on the raised outline of her breasts . |
| 12 | I suggest that , that is er brought maybe before the motions immediately before the motions are put , erm after the motions , after the debate as one debate I am proposing not later than twelve forty five to call for the winding up erm speeches by the three movers of the motions and to take the votes erm prior to lunch . |
| 13 | How much would you be prepared to pay for the two of you to go to Pwllheli by bus and train ? |
| 14 | Paul Bedworth , 19 , allegedly found a way to pay for the thousands of hours he spent connected to transatlantic computer networks . |
| 15 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 16 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's no one of any consequence in London at the moment , ’ she told him , ‘ but you wo n't be able to move for the millions of nobodies going to look at the Tower . ’ |
| 18 | We had about two months to prepare for the seven of them ; a period useful not only for the co-ordinating of the PR assault but also , I believe , a safety gap , a firebreak , a time in which the military could take stock , an interval in which Goreng could see if there was to be a resurgence of the lost FAKINTIL in the hills . |
| 19 | In the event that the continuing partners have outstanding claims against their insolvent former colleague , they will be able to prove for the same in his bankruptcy as ordinary unsecured creditors . |