Example sentences of "[verb] [det] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you gon na make that for Chris ? |
| 2 | I made that for Christopher when he was |
| 3 | I know the world does n't want that for Britain . |
| 4 | In Fig. 2 , the reader should be able to confirm that for interest rates above Oi 1 , where the speculative demand for money is zero , the LM curve becomes vertical . |
| 5 | Oh I bet you timed that for tea time ! |
| 6 | I have written off the cost on a straight line basis in the accounts and the inspector has disallowed this for tax purposes . |
| 7 | We 'd previous arranged this for Bill to go . |
| 8 | He was a very private man and some mistook this for aloofness . |
| 9 | Wilcox twice sprung a cumbersome Leeds offside trap to score himself and make another for Alan Shearer . |
| 10 | And Pa Pat I do n't think I do n't hold out any hope at all that people will pay any attention they will go they 'll see a little puppy somewhere they 'll say , Oh that 's lovely we 'll buy that for Tommy er , and then Tommy will abuse it totally and er they 'll say , Well the dog was a a waste of time it did n't work properly and er did n't know how to er how to look after itself . |
| 11 | you to try that for practice in |
| 12 | ‘ We do n't know that for cert — ’ began Owen , but his voice was drowned in the barrage of questions , cries of concern and comment . |
| 13 | Members was raised and it was decided to defer this for decision by the A.G.M. as to the merit of the suggestion , and if agreed , whom the Society would wish to make Hon. |
| 14 | But perhaps the obvious disparity between individual talents and dispositions which clearly fit some for action more than others , the obvious tension involved between the pressures of active involvement in affairs and the inner detachment necessary for thought and contemplation , and the history of the development of Western institutional Christianity with its strong tradition of groups separated from the world in convents and monasteries , or priests distinguished from the laity by their religious calling , make it after all not so surprising that the discussions of active and contemplative life tended to stress their separation from each other rather than draw attention to a more fruitful affinity . |
| 15 | Their instinct is to try to hide this for fear of being thought weak or inadequate , and this , in part , contributes to the fact that although their overall experience of the distress of bereavement may be slightly less than that of widows , many men take longer to recover fully . |
| 16 | in this way the body reduces the demand for energy and reserves some for repair . |
| 17 | Unable to agree on Warsaw Pact proposals to share aircraft , surveillance equipment and information , and to extend the concept to include surveillance of the oceans and space , the ministers referred these for discussion to working groups . |
| 18 | Take the external measurements of the house and outbuildings ( you will need these for insurance purposes ) to give you an idea of the overall size , which you can obtain by multiplying the area by the number of floors . |
| 19 | There are lyrical passages or interludes in The Cantos , as in any epic poem , but to excerpt these for applause while deploring their context is to fudge the issue , and evade the challenge of the poem as a whole . |
| 20 | Lysette , who bared all for Playboy in 1988 , has won acclaim for her role in Husbands and Wives . |
| 21 | The results over two to three years will include those for children who missed out two terms and who were tested before the age of seven — they will account for a large percentage of the results . |
| 22 | It is to enable those who do not know and can not know enough for policy-making to make policy , yet it is to have no policies of its own . ’ |
| 23 | Oh aye , cos you 're saving that for Mary ? |
| 24 | I 've not done that for years . |
| 25 | God I have n't bloody done that for years . |
| 26 | You played that for hours . |
| 27 | If anyone can beat that for stamina , we 'd like to hear from them ! |
| 28 | Is it , we wonder , possible to contemplate bringing together some of these data sources to form a National Online Health Information System ( NOHIS ) , to parallel that for employment and unemployment ( Townsend et al. 1987 ) ? |
| 29 | There 's another thing what we 'd have all said when we got , you 'd have said it over the years yourself , erm , well just ring in and we 'll give you the price , you know , and if we kind of touch up to contract or flat rate or whatever is the way to get ahead , or you get whatever , ring Linda , or ring Jane and she says right , and we 've said that for years , |
| 30 | Labour 's o Labour 's open hostility to employers will do little for business confidence and job creation . |