Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If your friends ’ mothers despise me for working in a supermarket , then they are to be pitied . |
| 2 | . And they were n't the Victorian prizes , that I won , I we got them for getting through an exam , because you could write or something , and er tt well , they were quite good books , and it was one way of getting a book . |
| 3 | He cited a Daily Mail article , rather curiously signed Editor , which had attacked him for presiding over the disappearance of ‘ an immense fortune ’ left hint by his father , and had concluded : ‘ It is difficult to see how the leader of a party who has lost his own fortune can hope to restore those of anyone else , or his country . |
| 4 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 5 | A POLICEMAN dived into a canal to pull a driver from his crashed car — then booked him for going through a red light . |
| 6 | I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today , and I 'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what 's been said . |
| 7 | But most of all she hated herself for awakening in the darkness night after night , with Nicolo 's name on her lips and tears on her cheeks . |
| 8 | The girls at work admired her for living with a man and not being married to him , but she could forgo that pleasure , she thought , for the baby 's sake . |
| 9 | Making excuses e.g. excusing yourself for shouting at the babysitter — after all she was three minutes late |
| 10 | good to use them for swinging in the trees . |
| 11 | For example , if you wish your ‘ commanding ’ child to wait patiently until a more convenient time for her demands to be met , you could reinforce ( reward ) her for waiting for ( say ) ten seconds , subsequently you would reinforce her for waiting for a longer interval of time , gradually increasing the interval each time you ask her to wait . |
| 12 | Even in the best hotels they tended to view whisky as a kind of pastis and served it for drinking in the French way . |
| 13 | He will take nothing for granted against a Swansea side who are only three points off the top of the table . |
| 14 | You do Yes but , you do n't know how much er , I mean , you ca n't sell it for housing at the moment . |
| 15 | The emphasis of the New Testament is that Christ resisted the temptations thrown at him and it was this that qualified him for dying on the cross . |
| 16 | They said , ‘ We 're arresting you for loitering with the intent of prostitution . ’ |
| 17 | She did not blame herself for going on the cruise , although she sensed that Adam , always an opportunist , had taken advantage of her absence . |
| 18 | Thank you for contributing to the summer edition of Rural Wales . |
| 19 | Thank you for enquiring about the cycle tour to New Zealand in early 1993 . |
| 20 | Thank you for caring about a useless old man . ’ |
| 21 | Thank you for coming on the show today , Mr Calder . ’ |
| 22 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 23 | It appeals to reason , but in order to reason we have got to take something for granted as a starting point and this can not be proved . |
| 24 | ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again . |
| 25 | You can forgive him for relaxing to a 69 . |
| 26 | If you have anything for do with a boy now , you will get pregnant . ’ |