Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance .
2 Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year
3 ‘ And did n't we all know you for a darling girl ? ’ he whispered in her ear as his fingers continued to blaze fire across her exposed nape .
4 Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare .
5 The birth his birthday was twenty four months , that means from when you can buy it for a new born baby or somebody up to two years old , will be suitable for it .
6 ‘ A ’ were with dressable wounds for the medical wards , ‘ B ’ were for the theatre , as they had wounds needing operative treatment , ‘ C ’ were for as much morphia as we could give them for a quiet inevitable death , ‘ D ’ were corpses .
7 When the child has gained a number of these it can exchange them for a rewarding object or activity .
8 I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time .
9 You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you
10 I wonder what price the bookies would give us for a Central South treble ; that 's Oxford to win the Boat Race , Gloucester to reach the Cup Final and Swindon to beat West Brom .
11 Confusion was muddling her responses , putting up barriers where she 'd give anything for a free and open path forward …
12 JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters .
13 Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’
14 Would n't we do anything for a loved one to take us in his or her arms ?
15 ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’
16 But I did n't ring you for a critical appraisal of my work .
17 She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time .
18 I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded .
19 ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’
20 Yes , said Sister , Mrs Downes had been remarkably lucky , really ; and , yes , Sergeant Lewis could see her for a short while .
21 So that perhaps will interest him for a little while .
22 ‘ I did n't believe it for a single moment , darling , ’ she repeated earnestly .
23 Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith .
24 Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time .
25 Or you can forget the week as a unit of work altogether and you can say : ‘ I will contract you for a certain number of hours . ’
26 Please would she meet him for a long dinner on Friday — he would expect to hear from her tomorrow or the next day .
27 I wo n't marry anyone for a long time .
28 It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat .
29 Taylor replaced him and , according to Rust , ‘ preached to the admiration and astonishment of his auditory ; and by his florid and youthful beauty … and sublime and pleasant air made his hearers take him for a young angel ’ .
30 The tourist path , although free from hazards , is a weary treadmill , and active and experienced walkers can reserve it for a quick descent and adopt an alternative route by crossing the midway plateau and descending into the stony recesses of the Allt a' Mhuillinn by rounding the base of Castle Buttress .
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