Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 3 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 4 | ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’ |
| 6 | It just remains for me to wish you a prosperous and happy one . |
| 7 | It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view . |
| 8 | ‘ Then you must also realize that for me to do what the Brigadier suggests would be a betrayal of everything my father stood for and gave his life for . ’ |
| 9 | It would be wrong for me to anticipate what the final conclusions of CAJEC , and the Councils of the Institutes ( which will ultimately have to make the decision on the current ‘ hot ’ topics ) will be . |
| 10 | Everybody looked at me , waiting for me to show them the robot animal . |
| 11 | She obviously waited for me to prove myself an old toper , but I did not . |
| 12 | But it would not be proper for me to tell you the names of His Highness 's wives and concubines . ’ |
| 13 | There will be some good chances for you to do yourself a bit of good today . |
| 14 | Still , it would do no harm for you to see what a galaxy looks like . |
| 15 | If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department . |
| 16 | . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And that was not a hint for you to offer me a bed for the night , Miss Rose Fenemore . |
| 18 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 19 | It is important for you to understand what the physiotherapist does , so that you can follow any instructions the physiotherapist gives you for remedial work at home , and can appreciate the patient 's progress . |
| 20 | Perhaps the best way of going forward would be for you to send me a description of your work . |
| 21 | It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be . |
| 22 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |
| 23 | ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’ |
| 24 | Polls suggested that up to one in four Conservative MPs wanted her to go before the next general election : growing numbers of backbenchers were prepared openly to declare that the time had come for her to call it a day . |
| 25 | Research studies , however , including ( … ) those of Wolkind and Kozaruk ( 1983 ) on children placed through the Adoption Resource Exchange , and Reich and Lewis ( 1986 ) , and Maca-skill ( 1985a ) concerning the agency Parents for Children , indicate that children who have been placed against their parents ' wishes seem to be settling quite well , but there are insufficient numbers , followed up for insufficiently long , for us to know what the impact of adoption of older children without consent is going to be in the long term . |
| 26 | Would it be possible for us to send him a copy of 4 Gardens as a gesture of goodwill ? |
| 27 | We can give descriptions of a photon in terms of the way it behaves , but it is very hard for us to imagine what a photon actually is . |