Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt that his bombing of Germany would hang on his conscience for the rest of his life . |
| 2 | And it does n't tie up your money for long periods of time . |
| 3 | He completed a three-match ban last weekend but could not win back his place for the Coca-Cola Cup against Crewe . |
| 4 | It creates space within the Church from which they can carry on their ministry for up to 20 years . ’ |
| 5 | Women seem unable to ever quite give up their wish for a penis , and they usually begin analysis with the hope they will acquire one during it . |
| 6 | IT does n't surprise me that a survey showed very few Britons would give up their pet for £1m . |
| 7 | It was n't fair that a king should give up his throne for her , and not for the weaver 's daughter . |
| 8 | He will not give up his quest for a full cap . ’ |
| 9 | He 'd give up his job for a pint ! |
| 10 | ‘ Oh yes , they would pour out their music for something so magical as this . ’ |
| 11 | Elaine and Michael Artus , their savings wiped out , will keep up their fight for compensation . |
| 12 | If we can keep up our concentration for 90 minutes no-one will be able to live with us . |
| 13 | There are various ways of improving the lot of hens but we do need to ask the hens themselves rather than make up their minds for them . |
| 14 | As we dropped down towards Gunnerside , rabbits exploded in all directions and Bill had so many to choose from he lay down confused , unable to make his mind up , looking at us pitifully as though we could make up his mind for him . |
| 15 | Sometimes other people can make up your mind for you and sometimes they ca n't . |
| 16 | Faced with such evidence , Marc Thompson — an IMS research fellow who worked on both studies — believes that the Department of Health should tone down its enthusiasm for PRP in the health service , despite the Citizens ' Charter pledge to introduce merit pay into the public sector . |
| 17 | This principle of inclusive fitness is perhaps summed up by the answer reportedly given by the distinguished biologist J. B. S. Haldane when asked in a bar whether he would lay down his life for his brother . |
| 18 | It will then draw up its recommendations for the coming year 's School Development Plan . |
| 19 | Basically you can set up your machine for making pleats and then knit in double jacquard . |
| 20 | The expansion will see the company step up its demand for an additional 200,000 tonnes of commercially-grown timber per year . |
| 21 | DARLINGTON will step up their search for new talent this week . |
| 22 | ‘ They could blow out your brains for saying less . ’ |
| 23 | We will set out our agenda for changing Britain for good — our radical |
| 24 | I 'll take over his boat for you , sell it and my own , set up as a privateer and give you a quarter share , so 's you 'll have a bit of income to live on . " |
| 25 | Should I cut off his fingers for daring to draw blood from your precious wife ? ’ |
| 26 | He will chalk up my shot for another day . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If the IRA think they can pass on their responsibility for this terrible act by issuing such a nonsensical statement , then they have sadly underestimated the understanding of the British public . ’ |
| 28 | There had been a current of antipathy to the strict Calvinist view of the child throughout the seventeenth century ; and the concept that , given the right environment and the proper course of education , compassion and benevolence , the essential goodness of the child would triumph over its propensity for evil , already had a longish history . |
| 29 | It 's no fair reason they do n't want to be with me. anybody could go off their head for that . |
| 30 | He let Sarazen know he could straighten out his game for him ‘ before the bell rings ’ , caddies ' parlance for before the tournament-proper starts . |