Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 2 | This is the most difficult part of my story for me to tell . |
| 3 | And the intensity of her longing for him to press his mouth to her lips , or to be roughly crushed within his embrace , was becoming almost more than she could bear . |
| 4 | The new awareness of her love for him stabbed again at her heart . |
| 5 | I mean she went up and got that out of her bank for us to go out with Monday because we had no money . |
| 6 | Herman had two copies of her book for her to sign — one for himself and one for a friend . |
| 7 | Your social worker is there to help you and it is in the best interests of your child for us to work together . |
| 8 | On the first of the right hon. Gentleman 's three points — how many nuclear warheads we have — he knows that we have never indicated how many warheads there will actually be : I do not believe that it would be in the interests of our security for us to do so . |
| 9 | Fortunately , she was a greedy horse , so when a helper held a bucket of food under her nose for her to eat while she was being mounted , she was easily distracted . |
| 10 | Mary-Claude was in Lebanon with Sarah having too good a time with her family for him to wish to cut it short . |
| 11 | Corbett indicated with his hand for him to stand still and be silent . |
| 12 | Many horses also enjoy having an empty , plastic cold-drink container hung in their stable for them to play with and chew ; but such containers deteriorate quickly and need to be continually replaced before they become dangerous and bits of them are swallowed . |
| 13 | Could I go back to three environmental group , please David , er I 've had er quite good news , Ford have agreed to er three diesel cars in their fleet for us to try . |
| 14 | It all stemmed from her desire for him to leave UNACO . |
| 15 | Everything has to be left in separate heaps in his manger for him to inspect before he condescends to eat it . |
| 16 | It is my belief that even without this tragic news , Lord Darlington would have set upon the course he took ; his desire to see an end to injustice and suffering was too deeply ingrained in his nature for him to have done otherwise . |
| 17 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 18 | Media is all-invasive and , some would say , all-persuasive , but it has a fundamental and significant role in our life for it forms a communication network between communities , between industry and industry and between government and people . |
| 19 | If you really feel that there is no opportunity in your life for you to do any of the things mentioned ( or anything else which appeals to you ) , try using your imagination . |
| 20 | The basics of good nutrition lie in what is readily available in your house for you to consume . |
| 21 | Like , for instance , when my Dad , proud of his craft , and his special friendly relations with a good customer , a Mr Watson , was saying : ‘ My goot friend , Mr Vatson , vas so pleased vit his suit — he brought a friend to my house for me to make him von . |
| 22 | She was dry by day and night but insisted that her mother put on her nappy for her to pass a motion . |
| 23 | Her bare flesh came close enough to his face for him to inhale its pungent female odour and he peered around desperately into the gloom for some sign of his French companion . |
| 24 | And then , after putting the note on his bed for him to read when he came back for his rest and covering it with the undyed hessian bedspread in case their child saw it , she would sit down and try to wring words out of the sleepy little boy at breakfast before he went off to school , and find that she had an empty morning in which to worry about what she had written . |
| 25 | This was a shrewd move on his part for it meant that he not only had the blessing , and guidance , of the College , but also avoided their censure . |
| 26 | She fully expected him to ignore her sarcastic question , or , in his delightfully blunt fashion , tell her he was out for a walk , not an idle chinwag , when , to cause her to falter in her stride , ‘ How about — where you 'd been last Thursday while I waited outside your flat for you to come home ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They 're far too precious to our heritage for us to allow them to simply moulder away … |
| 28 | ‘ I was going to leave it on your desk for you to find tomorrow morning , but it 's much more satisfactory to deliver it in person . ’ |
| 29 | Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit . |
| 30 | Such was her exhaustion that she would not have cared if her traitorous purpose was emblazoned across her face for him to see . |