Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Are you regretting making love to me , ’ he grated , ‘ or are you only regretting that you made love to me instead of saving yourself for André ? ’ |
| 2 | Our trade expert , John Coates , hazards that the trade might only be willing to pay £12,500 in the hope of retailing it for £15,500 . |
| 3 | At the time of presenting themselves for employment , many nurses/mothers may not have experienced any difficulties with their children 's health or may not have foreseen the possible difficulties . |
| 4 | She therefore proposed that my father should pretend to fall in love with her difficult and very homesick Italian friend so that it would be clear to her parents that there was no hope of getting him for Fiona . ’ |
| 5 | To round up clans of Ayoreo Indians with the dubious intent of rescuing them for Christianity , massacring those resistant to ‘ taming , imprisoning the remainder and allowing them to sink into ill-health and torpor , seems monstrous . |
| 6 | These risks may well be outweighed by the risks of doing nothing for Russia , which is why the G7 has pushed the Fund to do more . |
| 7 | With modern-day technology it is getting harder to achieve all the time , but there is one common denominator in the case of Eric Liddell and Allan Wells , and that is the fierce determination to win and the intense pride of doing it for Scotland . |
| 8 | Three days ago she had refused her final chance of giving it for love . |
| 9 | In their present mood people would think nothing of mortgaging themselves for years ahead in order to acquire some trifling luxury like a jar of brandied peaches or a few leaves of tobacco . |
| 10 | But doctors decided not to patch up her wounds in casualty for fear of scarring her for life . |
| 11 | But doctors decided not to patch up her wounds in casualty for fear of scarring her for life . |
| 12 | What these critics apparently ca n't stomach is that wealth creators have a tendency to acquire wealth in the process of creating it for others . |
| 13 | CHARITY is a divine attribute , but we are enjoined to give forgetfully lest we fall into the absurd error of mistaking ourselves for gods . |
| 14 | Now that the legal framework for the rest of the century appears to have been set attention can be given to the task of interpreting it for governors . |
| 15 | A curving drive amongst trees leads up to the side of the lake and continues thence along the edge of the water in beautiful surroundings richly endowed with lovely trees planted by the Farrers in the days long ago when woodlands were intended for ornamental display and were allowed to develop to full maturity with no thought of slaughtering them for profit . |