Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We wish , my brother and I , we wish you to take some of our money and to invest it for us in — in such places where you invest your own . ’ |
| 2 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 3 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 4 | I would like to welcome Frances to the team and to thank her for ‘ volunteering ’ to promote the Johnson Matthey Mac Challenge personal fund raiser ! ! |
| 5 | I 'd like if I may , to take this opportunity of paying tribute to the er helpful , cooperative attitude that the auditing practices board displayed in what were often long and very complex discussions and to thank them for the clear and helpful statement with which they shortly er plan to issue er to er accompany these order and to bring them into practical effect . |
| 6 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I came to apologise for hitting you , ’ she began determinedly , ‘ and to thank you for the cheque . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , no , I was only teasing , and I really only came in to tell you that I 'm leaving tomorrow , and to thank you for being so kind , and — well , to say goodbye . |
| 9 | The expression of faith found in The Westminster Confession tells us , ‘ Man 's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever . ’ |
| 10 | The promise of high rewards is necessary to provide an incentive to encourage people to undergo this training and to compensate them for the sacrifice involved . |
| 11 | ‘ The money is a bona fide payment in thanks for your co-operation and to compensate you for the upheaval . |
| 12 | ‘ Not even a bona fide payment in thanks for your co-operation and to compensate you for any upheaval ? ’ |
| 13 | His aims are thus established from the outset both to record the evidence he has gathered and to evaluate it for the purposes of determining the truth . |
| 14 | Two men climb the rock to check that all has been eaten and to clean it for the next burial . |
| 15 | Erm , if there 's something needs doing extra you just ask the person who 's best for the job to sort it out and to do it for you . |
| 16 | So what you do as a trainer in a circus you try and encourage the animal to want to the act and to reinforce it for so doing and that may be food , it may be actually just affection for the people who are training and that 's what a trainer wants to try and . |
| 17 | Although technically Yeltsin was still able to nominate Gaidar as Prime Minister , subject to Congress 's approval , and to retain him for three months even without such approval , it appeared that , realising the need for political compromise , he chose Chernomyrdin with Gaidar 's acquiescence . |
| 18 | The desire to modernise the UKCC and the national boards , and to condition them for the 1990s is uncontentious and is supported by the Opposition , by the professional organisations and by the health unions . |
| 19 | The disk comes with the necessary programs to decode the 33,000 word dictionary , to allow you to edit , and to re-encode it for use with Scramble . |
| 20 | The disk comes with the necessary programs to decode the 33,000 word dictionary , to allow you to edit , and to re-encode it for use with Scramble . |
| 21 | He was in a position to adjust his price to maximise potential gain for the firm , and to minimise it for the client . |
| 22 | Between June and September , his mother , Margie Coleman , in Birmingham , Alabama , received about 20 calls on her unlisted phone from men threatening to kill her son , to kidnap his wife and children and to harm her for taking them in . |
| 23 | And one and two , that 's it , got it , erm , the , better we just do to check that it 's correct and to remind you for rhythm , is listen to those , because those are exactly the same as those . |
| 24 | First of all , I think Stapleton told you to write the letter to Sir Charles and to ask him for help . |
| 25 | Jean Margaret 's memo 17.1.89 re sickness , you need to make clear that Area Staff inform you of any days sickness they have and to ask you for a form . |
| 26 | ‘ Justice ’ refers to the obligation of the Prison Service to treat prisoners with humanity and fairness , and to prepare them for their return to the community in a way which makes it less likely that they will re-offend . |
| 27 | This training was to elucidate the objectives of the study , to familiarise interviewers with the questionnaire , and to prepare them for conducting interviews on intimate and possibly sensitive questions . |
| 28 | As part of this exercise we will perform a ‘ practice run ’ with the company 's executives to check the areas where they will be asked questions and to prepare them for the meetings with would be acquirors . |
| 29 | Members will also study distance learning materials before starting the course to consolidate the College study and to prepare them for subsequent modules . |
| 30 | Those families in which a parent died from an illness known in advance to be terminal seemed to be better able to respond to the needs of their children , and to prepare them for the loss with information and emotional support . |