Example sentences of "and [verb] to [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shorter-term assets are kept at relatively low levels and tend to be used for investment transactions and repayment of loans . |
| 2 | Although populist , this element was staunchly unionist , often more so than the leadership , and expected to be rewarded for the ‘ loyalty ’ of the Protestant working class . |
| 3 | We are in exile now and we have no money , " he would tell people who came to Morocco and asked to be paid for past services to the crown , It was not quite true , but certainly no longer disposed of the sort of funds as he had done when he was in power . |
| 4 | It is much easier to improve ‘ performance ’ on such measures by decreasing the denominator than by increasing the numerator , which can take a long time , involves risk and has to be discounted for taxation . |
| 5 | If you have someone who is dependent on you and needs to be provided for , think of them first if you do n't plan to leave them everything , decide what they will need and what personal belongings you wish to leave them . |
| 6 | Instead he went over to one of the shelves and pretended to be searching for a book . |
| 7 | The shape outside had stopped , and seemed to be looking for something . |
| 8 | He came down from the knoll and seemed to be searching for somebody . |
| 9 | While it is often the case that methods are treated as if they were tools in a tool box ready and waiting to be used for their appropriate task , it is vitally important that any aspiring methodologist does not take this too seriously but tries , instead , to understand the presumptions which underpin methods . |
| 10 | He slipped away to the great palace of King Darzin and begged to be rewarded for warning him against his enemies . |
| 11 | Under it , the member paid part of the debt and costs to be taken for the debt and costs in the action . |
| 12 | Bakut reported on Aug. 30 that NPFL forces had been observed around Monrovia and appeared to be preparing for " hostilities " . |
| 13 | But you get in nowhere without a pass , applications for which are vetted by the Special Branch , and this year hundreds of passes went missing and had to be queued for . |
| 14 | The ground was cropped until it was exhausted and had to be left for a few years to recuperate . |
| 15 | Large well-run estates confiscated by Paulus could well have passed into imperial hands and continued to be managed for profit , but it depends on whether the Emperor needed capital more than income . |
| 16 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 17 | Such combinations constitute formulaic patterns which are indeed of very frequent occurrence in language use and need to be accounted for ( as I mentioned in Chapter 3 ) but they can hardly be said to represent the total language to be taught . |