Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy . |
2 | Other naturalistic views , Marxist and some which indeed call themselves ‘ evolutionary ’ , have often proclaimed themselves free from any such picture , but it is basically very hard for them to avoid some appeal to an implicit teleology , an order in relation to which there would be an existence that would satisfy all the most basic human needs at once . |
3 | ‘ All the more reason then for them to have some knowledge of basic skills — ‘ |
4 | Today children are meeting and playing with children of other faiths so it is important for them to have some understanding and knowledge of each other 's traditions . |
5 | At this point there is need for me to give some detail about the shape and nature of the primary curriculum to which all children should have access . |
6 | I 've found that it was very necessary for me to take some time to get a grasp of what is a very complex situation and it would be rather foolish to jump in too quickly . |
7 | Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction . |
8 | My mother was the only one was keen for me to have some sort of education . |
9 | What you digging around for you got some worm or some valium or something |
10 | Whatever is ultimately decided by the boards and the UKCC it is still in your own and your patients interests for you to undertake some form of formal updating , even if for the moment this is left to your own and your employer 's discretion . |
11 | They 're calling for you to give some sort of speech . ’ |
12 | By the end of 1969 his success had been just sufficient for him to collect some sponsorship for 1970 , when he raced in a Lotus 59 . |
13 | If these figures are right that we 've been given by the department and I 'm not saying them whether they 're right or whether they 're wrong but well we have to r rely on what we 're getting this is why Mr is sending this lot to the Chief Executive for him to do some work I think it 's very important that it is done independently , not by the independent sector but by done independently . |
14 | He shouted at me so I sat under the table and waited for him to put some food down . |
15 | As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal . |
16 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
17 | She was waiting for him to make some reply , and he said slowly : ‘ I guess you must be homesick , now Captain Dawson is n't here . ’ |
18 | When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable . |
19 | What probably happened was that she suddenly decided the time was right for her to do some publicity and she had something to talk about , her book , Elizabeth Takes off . |
20 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |
21 | We got a penny for each brick , and it was a wonderful thing for us to earn some money during the school holidays . |
22 | We , we do find it as a , as a group very difficult to organise ourselves and for us to have some time to sit down together and feed off one another and talk about it so this is quite , that 's quite hopeful , and I think that does show erm , something the same as er , I 'm sure Jack would say the same thing , like here we are , you know , we 've got all the incoming calls , we 've got all the other stuff to do , and what we 're actually doing when we 're trying to make appointments and so on is we , we fit it in , because we 're half way through |