Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
| 2 | When she comes out in nice clothes I say get them for modelling ? |
| 3 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 4 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 5 | ‘ I do thank you for stopping and not running poor Nellie over . |
| 6 | I do thank you for finding me - " |
| 7 | I 've used it for carrying pens — you do n't get too many grizzlies or wolves where I live ! |
| 8 | I wish to thank you for listening to what was ‘ said ’ to you and for your integrity in replying publicly and as you did . |
| 9 | And they have happened as I have wanted , and I have taken it for granted that they have because I know where I 'm going . |
| 10 | You want to send him for dancing lessons . ’ |
| 11 | You know , when you get paid twenty pounds a night for driving the minibus , and you get paid nothing for running the P A , and it takes equally long if not , if not |
| 12 | Beer seems such a simple drink that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 13 | Within the Western tradition of art we tend to take it for granted that much can be learned from the study of the art of the past and , traditionally , copying from the works of the Great Masters was one of a young student 's most important tasks . |
| 14 | Technology is so pervasive , so much an intrinsic part of modern life , that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 15 | For the rest of us , it seems commonplace and obvious that we should be able to think , imagine , perceive and remember in the ways that we do , and we tend to take it for granted that the rest of the world has the same sort of experience of everyday life that we do . |
| 16 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 17 | Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings . |
| 18 | ‘ It looks as if we 've got you for resisting arrest as well , ’ he told her grimly . |
| 19 | We have used it for scouting exercises . ’ |
| 20 | So far we have taken it for granted that the distinction between ambiguity and generality is intuitively obvious . |
| 21 | In fact , the calculation above hides a significant assumption : We have taken it for granted that there are precisely 3 offspring . |