Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sounds that followed from her would have qualified her to audition for Mr Dickens 's Infant Phenomenon . |
| 2 | I 'd been yo-yoing up and down a rollercoaster for the best part of an hour and I was still hung over from the phial of ‘ Renshenfengwangjiang ’ — a potent blend of panax ginseng and royal bee jelly — that Michael Willis had persuaded me to drink for breakfast . |
| 3 | Their mother had warned them to beg for forgiveness when their turn came to pray to their great-grandfather 's spirit before the altar , and it seemed certain to Lan 's ten-year-old mind that if she and her brothers had angered their father so deeply they must also have offended the spirits of their illustrious ancestors too . |
| 4 | An ugly modern extension obscures part of the Godfrey building at present and Moran says his architectural consultants have advised him to apply for permission to remove it and replace it with a gatehouse . |
| 5 | In effect , the Chancellor did what many oil executives have urged him to do for years when he decided to abolish petroleum revenue tax ( PRT ) on future projects . |