Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their degree of preference for one party Over others had an important influence upon the usefulness-ratings they gave the media for helping them decide how to Vote ( those with clear preferences found the media less useful for that purpose ) but had little or no influence on other aspects of usefulness-ratings . |
| 2 | Those who found politics interesting in the campaign but had not been interested in politics a year earlier gave the press high ratings for helping them decide how to vote . |
| 3 | Those who read highbrow papers found their papers no more useful for helping them decide how to vote or for revealing politicians ' personalities , and only a little more useful for explaining political issues . |
| 4 | So amongst tabloid readers generally , but especially amongst Sun/Star readers , there was a dramatic difference between their overwhelming preference for television as a source of information and their reliance upon both press and television for helping them decide how to vote . |
| 5 | Our panel rated PEBs much lower than the press or television news for providing information on issues , but similar to the press for providing information on leaders , and close behind the press and television news for helping them decide how to vote . |
| 6 | Readers of the tabloid press overwhelmingly preferred television rather than the press as an information source but , like other voters , they had a relatively slight preference for television rather than the press for helping them decide how to vote . |
| 7 | In addition , Sotheby 's London Chief Executive Timothy Llewellyn explained , ‘ We have a notarised statement by a previous owner of the painting , Alexander Kozlenkov , given in the Land of Berlin and dated 26 January 1990 , that the picture was given to his late father , a colonel in the Soviet Army , by a German family who lived in the Schlossmuseum , in gratitude for helping them obtain food during the occupation . |
| 8 | He wrote : ‘ Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks and for helping me see where I have gone wrong . ’ |
| 9 | I only want you to know that I 'm very grateful to you for helping me become Joe 's apprentice . ’ |
| 10 | The Parkinson 's Disease Society has been in touch with me , and I am grateful to its chief executive , Mrs. Mary Baker , both for information and for helping me understand the problems . |
| 11 | Can I therefore finish by thanking all our employees , worldwide , most sincerely for helping us write a further chapter in what continues to be a major UK success story . |
| 12 | What you have learned is a sophisticated procedure for helping you solve difficult problems . |
| 13 | We are in the wrong position to see the flash of light as the sun erupts again , settling instead for seeing it emerge from behind the northward island as we paddle slowly in . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Edgar will blame me for letting her go to your house . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ That Angy had started an affair with Rodney Shergold , as a kind of quid pro quo for letting her take the art class . |
| 16 | Philip was sick with himself for letting him go . |
| 17 | He used to listen to his music all the time when he was not at college , so the opportunity to do something like this was like a homage to Hendrix , a thank you for letting him discover music . ’ |
| 18 | As he looked down at the body he used to love , he thanked God for letting him arrive in time . |
| 19 | The firm which supplied the scaffold blames the boy 's parents for letting him play there in the first place . |
| 20 | It came out without her thinking , and Folly cursed herself for letting him slip so easily past her guard . |
| 21 | Rage at a fate which prevented her from screaming and railing at him for so misjudging her , rage at him for playing this cat-and-mouse game with her , rage at herself for letting him get away with it . |
| 22 | Her voice was like thin sharp ice , but not cold enough to fully hide the pain , and she hated herself for letting him hear it . |
| 23 | She slept badly , with what sleep she did get punctuated with dreams where Barney was driving away in her car , and where Cara was blaming her for letting him take it . |
| 24 | And Mum : Mum , thanks for letting me go to the fair . ’ |
| 25 | Thanks for letting me use your page to publicize a human rights abuse in the UK . |
| 26 | Best wishes , and many thanks for letting me see your showreel . |
| 27 | ‘ Thank you for letting me see such a beautiful face ! ’ he said . |
| 28 | Thank you very much for letting me see your paper in draft . |
| 29 | Thank you for letting me know . ’ |
| 30 | " Thanks for letting me know . " |