Example sentences of "for [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 2 | But to his unfortunate son and daughter ( William Armstrong and Margo Gunn ) he seems to ‘ make Shylock look like Dr. Barnardo ’ as he keeps them in penury with each request for money causing him acute physical pain . |
| 3 | Why does an unstable demand for money make it difficult to control the supply of money ? |
| 4 | Pat Nevin 's fifth goal for Rovers earned them three crucial points at Leicester City . |
| 5 | If it is possible , it is far better to persuade the parent for friend to lend you one of the youngster 's favourite garments . |
| 6 | This simple to use comprehensive CAD package for DOS gives you all the tools you need to create complex drawings . |
| 7 | He spent a lot of his time there on his knees in the chapel , praying for God to make him normal . |
| 8 | Religion acts as a restraining force on human nature , and er , raises people , as it were , to a higher , to a higher level , by for example giving them more proscriptions , like the ten commandments . |
| 9 | Freer use of money for recruitment made it easier for kings to recruit armies when and how they wished ; and for knights and nobles to lead their lives according to their own inclinations . |
| 10 | ‘ Now ring the bell , ma chère , for Ernestine to bring us some tea , then you may leave us . |
| 11 | With just 10 minutes to go though , United lost , or rather threw away their win , when Sam Goodacre scored a soft second goal for Scuthorpe to make it 2-all . |
| 12 | Shearer crossed for Newell to make it five , then rolled the ball into the path of substitute Roy Wegerle to complete a comprehensive rout . |
| 13 | Are you willing to be loving towards yourself and others , to seek love by being love , rather than waiting for others to love you first ? |
| 14 | It took Everton only 15 minutes to get their noses in front when Mark Ward made the opening for Matt Jackson to burst between two defenders and pull the ball back for Cottee to steer it wide of the helpless Mark Crossley . |
| 15 | This potential for power makes it possible to consider a situation in which decision-making with reference to local development can be backed by cash , and ultimately can become a closed and self-supporting system . |
| 16 | Arrangements and invitations for the event , and preparations for Christmas kept us happy . |
| 17 | We save our energies and wait for pneumonia to get him first , is that it ? ’ |
| 18 | His search for Tess took him first to Flintcomb-Ash , where he discovered she had never used her married name . |