Example sentences of "often [verb] for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I put it to him , ‘ Being famous does n't necessarily endow a guitarist with insight into the design and workings of the guitar , so why are artists so often asked for their input and reviewers almost never , when our job is to understand , examine and pass judgement on guitars on a daily basis ? ’ |
| 2 | In spite of her squirming , her hand is usually ready to go into her sleeve and her foot is often lifted for her sock . |
| 3 | He is often lambasted for his failure to give the works he conducts structural cohesion ; I have never thought this was either a fair or a perceptive criticism . |
| 4 | The curia was often denounced for its venality and appetite for money , as the " Gospel according to the marks of silver " of the twelfth-century Carmina Burana shows . |
| 5 | Prohibitions of such appeals in the thirteenth century had often cited for their authority a papal indult of 1231 in which Gregory IX had conceded that the magnates and barons of England should not be summoned in litigation beyond the sea , a privilege subsequently generalized to all the king 's English subjects and soon known as the privilege of England . |
| 6 | He often apologised for his English and also for the fact that this handy guide turned into two volumes . |