Example sentences of "to [noun pl] and [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face . |
| 2 | Some people — old folks , especially — get like that : too attached to bricks and mortar for their own good . ’ |
| 3 | The Dutch were probably right , to judge from a handwritten note de Gaulle gave Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at that time : ‘ The supernational organisms of the six , which tend inevitably and abusively to become irresponsible superstates , will be reformed , subordinated to governments and used for the normal tasks of the council and technical business . ’ |
| 4 | The 1986 BMA report on complementary medicine ( widely criticised for its lack-lustre approach ) only allowed that there was value in the time devoted to patients and called for more scientific evaluation . |
| 5 | Risks of transmission of HIV to patients and need for follow-up studies |
| 6 | Apply sealant to joints and check for square , before screwing tightly together |
| 7 | There were even reports of material assistance being given to protesters by local officials , such as transport to demonstrations and financing for the protesters ' co-ordinating committees . |
| 8 | He landed eventually at Stabiae ( near the present Castellammare ) , where things were still fairly tolerable , and there he encountered a friend of his , one Pomponianus , who was making frantic preparations to escape , loading his possessions on to ships and fretting for a favourable wind so that he could put to sea . |
| 9 | Teachers talking to pupils and writing for pupils . |
| 10 | It might seem a smaller risk to stick to stores and wait for a retailing boom to return . |
| 11 | The Anonymous Fellowships help sufferers to come to recognise that their problems lie primarily in their own perceptions and behaviour and that solutions lie in giving help to others and asking for help from them . |