Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk . |
| 2 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 3 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 4 | Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years . |
| 5 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 6 | I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff . |
| 7 | Gradually it became possible to stop her for a few seconds , and then to ask her to start walking again before her anxiety rose and she reared . |
| 8 | Tiny children , barefoot and dirty , tried to generate enough courage to touch us for a few fils ’ . |