Example sentences of "for [pers pn] to do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even women internalize the sense that it is inappropriate or especially difficult for them to do these things . |
| 2 | Equality brings emancipation : according to Marx it will be ‘ possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow , to hunt in the morning , fish in the afternoon , rear cattle in the evening , criticise after dinner , just as I have a mind without ever becoming hunter , fisherman , shepherd or critic ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ It was not so much of a stretch for me to do that role as people might think , ’ Dustin explained . |
| 4 | There are pressures building up for me to do all sorts of things but I do n't want to accept them , ’ she says confidently , her blue eyes filled with a new purpose . |
| 5 | in making it possible for me to do part-time research . |
| 6 | Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Why had she felt so — so vulnerable , so edgy with him , that , when Cara was so desperate for her to do that interview , she had by her uppity manner just about said goodbye to all chance of that . |
| 9 | It was OK for her to do this kind of thing when in a mediumistic trance , but this was n't quite that , was it ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |