Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who use land and invest their labour in it are benefiting society more than those real owners who neglect it to the extent of ignoring it for twelve years or more . |
| 2 | It can be extended for the specific purpose of retraining you for new work provided that any agreement to do so : |
| 3 | If he played at West Brom there would always be the risk of losing him for three or four matches . ’ |
| 4 | But by now I was crazed with the idea of doing something for this woman that retained some shred of playfulness to it , so she could think to herself : ‘ All in fun , all in fun ’ , and yet which conveyed the full force of the idea that I had been alone in that office that weekend with a huge erection thinking of her . |
| 5 | But she could not stand the thought of doing nothing for two months . |
| 6 | The interpretative work of field staff , particularly the procedures by which they graft meaning onto the behaviour of polluters for the purpose of categorizing them for future decisions about enforcement , is , then , a central theme . |
| 7 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 8 | I , I , I am certainly not that man , I would , I would not dream of offering myself for such a ghastly post |
| 9 | Most of the friends were too old or too physically enfeebled to be capable of offering themselves for military glory . |