Example sentences of "for [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am still waiting for to give me one or two ideas for his 18th birthday present — though I shall make the final decision ! ! |
| 32 | I do n't like to ask you but me mam asked you me to ask you if you could give her something for to give her some energy , she 's sleeping all the time now . |
| 33 | THANK YOU , J R SMITH OF CANTERBURY , for sending me this cutting from the Canterbury Extra , offering the ultimate Austin for sale … |
| 34 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 35 | Tixier-Vignancour declined to be described as ‘ anti-semitic ’ ( he once sued Sam White of the Evening Standard for calling him this ) but he was in no danger of winning a ‘ righteous gentile ’ award . |
| 36 | He is stuck with this answer to the second question because he holds ( as does Hare , but not Ayer ) that what one is saying about something when one calls it x is identical with one 's reason for calling it x . |
| 37 | I 'll settle for calling it beaten . |
| 38 | Many people who care or who are cared for find it difficult to understand why they can not get the resources for that care when such vast amounts go towards people who are in residential care . |
| 39 | Probably at home , I got bollocksed for having them last night as well . |
| 40 | But a disappointed Hill , who finished third , could point to a disastrous pit-stop for losing him precious time . |
| 41 | Erm and basically er the , the reason for doing it that way is that erm , I do n't want to set up a situation where erm I 'm some sort of expert and I er this is not a matching process , okay ? |
| 42 | It would be better for doing it this way . |
| 43 | Cos they do n't actually , if you do something like that , say you put plus five , minus five and then sit down and , you 're the one that plus three and minus three you do n't actually lose marks doing something wrong , you can not be penalised for doing it wrong , you can only gain credit for doing something right , because they 'll , give you five marks to doing that bit right and then knock three off for doing something else wrong , they , they would never give you penalty marks , they will only credit for doing things right , but so often it 's quite like down as you want , you ca n't . |
| 44 | Me , for giving them new toilets ? ’ |
| 45 | The convention considering the incontestable superiority of speech over signs , a ) for restoring deaf-mutes to social life , and b ) for giving them greater facility of language , declares that the method of articulation should have the preference over that of signs in instruction in education of the deaf and dumb . |
| 46 | When passing on to them family news , which they are usually anxious to hear , remember that the time for leaning on them with your more serious troubles is now past ; so unless there is some inescapable reason for giving them bad news , try to protect them from it , for they will probably be worrying about it in isolation until your next visit . |
| 47 | Given that , whatever the justification for giving him such power may be , it has nothing to do with encouraging blackmail , such action frustrates the purpose of validating the consent and is to be discouraged because of its undesirable consequences . |
| 48 | He felt a certain gratitude to Eleanor for giving him this idea . |
| 49 | I expect she kicks herself for giving him those special facilities now , because it 's sure to be one of those jaw-breaking pieces of unreadability Americans produce . |
| 50 | He laid a small bet with himself that Fishbane had been responsible for giving her this photo-opportunity . |
| 51 | She admitted that , ‘ even though you knew that what you said did n't matter ’ , it was a daunting experience ; in fact ‘ afterwards , counsel apologised for giving me such a hard time ’ . |
| 52 | But I thank You for giving me this sight of a life of Truth . |
| 53 | Thanks for giving me this stuff . |
| 54 | Thank you for giving me brief details of the grounds maintenance agreed for Scorton Playing Field when I spoke to you on the phone recently . |
| 55 | ‘ Be a good girl and be sure to thank Cindy 's mother for giving you such a lovely time . ’ |
| 56 | Many thanks to Pamela Vandyke Price for giving us such a memorable glimpse into the highly specialised world of the wine trade — and thanks also to those husbands and sons who allowed themselves to be pressganged into the responsible task of pouring the samples ! |
| 57 | He made out a clear case for embalming all bodies and for treating them all similarly , bearing in mind the long incubation period and uncertain diagnosis in HIV infections . |
| 58 | Well , Stan Bowes , thank you very much indeed for joining me this afternoon — Stan Bowes , head of marketing for Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board and helping with this look at the tourist industry . |
| 59 | Okay , I think that 's erm a good example , thank you very much for joining us this morning . |
| 60 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |