Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ And I 'm sorry , too , ’ puts in Rainbow , ‘ for getting you into this mess in the first place . |
| 32 | Schlick 's murder in 1936 terminated Waismann 's employment and his opportunities for supporting himself by private teaching . |
| 33 | Damn Rune for kissing her in public and making her vulnerable to this barely disguised attack . |
| 34 | Whatever their differences , could Huy hold himself responsible for sending him to such an end ? |
| 35 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 36 | Innocent laid an interdict on Norway because of the " royal " policies of its ruler , Sverre , who was resisting papal influence and the reception of the canon law and he reproved the archbishop , Eric , for removing it in 1204 , after Sverre had died and the fugitive bishops had been recalled . |
| 37 | Sucked into the bureaucracy of their organizations , they feel there are few opportunities for providing a unique contribution to profit , for distinguishing themselves with exceptional results . |
| 38 | It was not a book that he had packed when leaving London : he had bought it a day or two earlier in Inverness , and to Boswell , years later , he gave , not unmemorably , his reasons for buying it at all : ‘ Why , Sir , if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey , let it be a book of science . |
| 39 | Curse me for having nothing in this world to give him but gratitude ! ’ |
| 40 | Soldiers and diplomats who knew Yugoslavia well could make its complexities sound like an excuse for doing nothing at all . |
| 41 | Institutionally , there are no mechanisms for punishing someone for deviant behaviour of any kind . |
| 42 | As he ran back to climb into his seat , she thanked God for blessing her with such a healthy and adorable son . |
| 43 | However , people 's capacity for perceiving themselves in this way is not innate ; it is acquired within a framework of established social practices which impose on them the role ( forme ) of a subject . |
| 44 | Nobody kills anyone for saying something like that . |
| 45 | I envy her her happiness — she ca n't help it shining out of her but I 'm also bitter against her for saddling me with this lot , and for changing-me from what I was : she made the young girl into a woman before her time and a bitter one at that . |
| 46 | He 's very conscious of the fact that he 's indebted to him , not just for rescuing him from those awful guardians but for getting him into Grafton Abbey and then arranging for him to work for Mr Harvey . |
| 47 | It is important that we do not get away from the fact that , when any charge is laid , there must be evidence that will hold up for convicting somebody of that charge . |
| 48 | He deduced that carbon had a combining power ( valency ) of four or two and a unique capacity for joining itself to other atoms of its own kind , the secret of the existence of millions of organic ( carbon ) compounds . |
| 49 | ‘ I must apologise for disturbing you at such a late hour , ’ Potter said . |
| 50 | When I apologised for dragging him into this , there was no bitterness in his gracious reply . ’ |
| 51 | Thank you for taking me for that delectable breath of fresh air — it 's something I 'll always remember . ’ |
| 52 | I thank the hon. Member for Londonderry , East ( Mr. Ross ) for taking us in some detail through the problems that he and many experts see in dealing with toxic and hazardous waste . |
| 53 | Suddenly she was angry with everyone for involving her in all this . |
| 54 | Our interest in these authors , and our reason for choosing them in particular , were also dictated by the fact that their writings contain abundant evidence of their psychological disorder , which they themselves often described in great detail . |
| 55 | It makes the Chancellor the Saddam Hussein of economics for accomplishing it in such a brief period . |
| 56 | There are also good reasons for associating it with rich clusters ( groups of several hundred galaxies ) as these seem to have a collective halo , possibly formed from the material in the original haloes of the constituent galaxies . |
| 57 | It could also be explained as the product of pride — a disdain for integrating himself into any kind of partisan organization . |
| 58 | And who is responsible for putting her into this position ? |
| 59 | She felt illogically furious with Guy for putting her in such an impossible position . |
| 60 | She would never forgive fitzAlan for putting her in this position , she promised herself . |