Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life . |
| 2 | And the Shadow Education Shec , Secretary , Jack Straw says Cabinet Ministers should show their support for State Education and stop sending their children to private schools . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope you agree that we should show our gratitude for God 's gifts in a concrete way , by supporting a charity . |
| 4 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 5 | And that should give us food for thought ; while his uncle William in Frome , amongst others , was receiving poor relief at the rate of between 1s. and 4s. per fortnight , here , in the same year of 1799 , the nephew-made-good was handing over what amounted to about a year 's dole payments to join an exclusive club in the metropolis . |
| 6 | In these days when party politics have entered so fully into local government , nominations to committees frequently come from the political groups of the council and it is at the group meetings of the council that a new member should stake his claim for membership of particular committees of his choice . |
| 7 | Industrialists should temper their drive for growth with the development of sustainable resources and thought for pollution , he added . |
| 8 | It follows that we must pre-empt their play for power . |
| 9 | Ministers must accept our responsibility for decisions . |
| 10 | If you do not understand the standards or are in doubt about how the general principles or rules of conduct might apply in specific circumstances , you must ask your manager for clarification . |
| 11 | It may curb his craving for dinner , |
| 12 | Birth parents may relinquish their child for adoption at the time of birth or at a subsequent date , possibly having cared for the child over a period of months or years . |
| 13 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 14 | I 'll have his skin for sausages , you see if I do n't ! ’ |
| 15 | Sinead : I 'll sell my home for charity appeal |
| 16 | J. W. ( later Sir James ) Black , who was at that time an academic pharmacologist in Glasgow , had the idea that blocking the action of adrenaline on the heart might reduce its need for oxygen and so be beneficial in angina pectoris ( a condition in which pain arises because the oxygen supply to heart muscle is insufficient ) . |
| 17 | You might get it backdoor for £25 . |
| 18 | Might spoil your appetite for breakfast . |
| 19 | The mother of a six-year-old boy who suffered brain damage when he fell from scaffolding says she 'll continue her fight for compensation — despite a court clearing the contractor of blame . |
| 20 | It 'll help your quest for stardom . |
| 21 | Northern League FORMER Middlesbrough midfielder Gary Hamilton could make his debut for Whitby when they travel to Guisborough today . |
| 22 | It would be desirable if successful Compact graduates could demonstrate their suitability for employment through the positive evidence contained in their records of achievement , thus precluding the need in their case for testing . |
| 23 | Although Bernice could understand her wish for peace and quiet , Ell must be joking saying that she would prefer to be back home . |
| 24 | I could follow her drift for seconds at a time , until the half-gratified sense of effort — or my awareness of watching myself — intervened , and scattered my thoughts . |
| 25 | Irving Lazar , a literary agent , also made North an offer before the year was out , estimating he could sell his story for $5m . |
| 26 | But she did not forget ‘ sitting on me grandad 's rocking chair combing his hair and I can always remember him sat there and me stood up behind him : I 'd comb his hair for hours and he just sat there and let me . ’ |
| 27 | Men 's clothes , hats , shoes , women 's dresses , perfume , undergarments , even cakes and pastries could hold his attention for minutes on end . |
| 28 | It could underline their responsibility for health rather than supply and encourage them to view managed units as a rather than the supplier of services . |
| 29 | Neither Andy Forshaw nor Martin Langston stood out in the HDM event , so Clark , for so long on the fringe of national selection , could get his chance for England in the Buttermen Indoor tournament at Crystal Palace on December 29-30 . |
| 30 | Then if I were you I 'd sue my face for slander . ’ |