Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found them perfect for mixing up warmer greens . |
| 2 | To make them pure for drinking purposes is , perhaps , impossible ; but it may reasonably be hoped that they may become sufficiently so to delight the eye and to repress the pestiferous and sickening exhalations which at present affect the multitudes of our population compelled to pass their lives on the bank of such rivers . |
| 3 | Whatever their differences , could Huy hold himself responsible for sending him to such an end ? |
| 4 | It helps the sufferer to know that while you hold him or her responsible for all actions , you do not hold him or her accountable for having addictive disease in the first place . |
| 5 | They are generally supplied with deep projecting wall brackets , up to 88mm ( 3 ½in ) , which makes them ideal for placing over radiators or projecting window sills . |
| 6 | Halogen lamps ' small size makes them ideal for integrating into sculptural uplights or slim wall fittings . |
| 7 | I decided to leave the silver bracelet where it was ; Fat Harry would skin you alive for taking a crumb of bread from his plate . |
| 8 | Does he pay you extra for doing car like ? |
| 9 | It is refreshingly easy to overcome initial fears , however , if you are prepared to enter into the debate , and not allow yourself to take comments or criticisms personally when a student peers at you agog for carrying out what they see as an archaic approach . |
| 10 | A possible reason for this relates to the paradoxical finding that a level of activation of the NMDA receptor system , which is itself inadequate for producing LTP , can result in a subsequent impairment in the ability to generate LTP r28–30 . |
| 11 | Were you responsible for working out the amount of the feed that the |
| 12 | To be employed is to have an ongoing contract that holds you accountable for doing work of a given type for a specified number of hours per week in exchange for payment . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you kindy for coming over to help us out . |
| 14 | To get you , to get you ready for looking after |
| 15 | You , you silly for doing that darling ! |
| 16 | This makes them useful for destroying tumours while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed . |
| 17 | I find them useful for flavouring game pies . |
| 18 | Through the centuries politicians , protestors and agitators of every sort found them invaluable for smiting the public eye ; and , in their most debased form , they were used by such printers as James Catnach ( 1792–1841 ) of the Seven Dials , London , to convey to sensation seekers scaffold speeches by murderers and other criminals , often before the rogues had uttered a word or given any sign that they intended to . |
| 19 | But well they 're obviously doing something different for thinking day in this country . |
| 20 | It should be something useful for setting up home , if only a rather expensive bottle-opener , possibly with other small mementoes of his favourite bachelor activities or sport such as golf balls , presented inside something amusing and clearly feminine but not in bad taste , such as a pair of stockings , with a blue garter for him to give to his bride for the wedding so that she can wear ‘ something borrowed , something blue , . |
| 21 | I virtually accused him of being the one responsible for sending the men to meet me . ’ |
| 22 | I would n't want to be the one responsible for proclaiming him a cuckold for the world to laugh at . ’ |
| 23 | There was a steady flow of people during the day and in theory the last to use the gate after the second hour of night should be the one responsible for bolting it . |
| 24 | The one responsible for putting together the JP233 since July 1985 has been Royal Ordnance 's Glascoed site : 1,000 acres of low-lying ground , with an obliging screen of hills on every side , deep in the countryside of mid-Gwent . |
| 25 | This strength makes her the centre of the family and the one responsible for keeping members together . |
| 26 | ‘ You are not the one apt for wishing me that , Mariot , ’ he told her . |
| 27 | All prices have to be based upon the manufacturers recommended prices , so this has also narrowed it down somewhat , but no expense has been spared to provide everything necessary for establishing and maintaining the fish 's comfort . |
| 28 | It is useful , when several people have to get together to collaborate on an activity , to make one of them responsible for seeing that this is done and done at the right time . |
| 29 | One county , Kopparberg , has handed over most of its budget to family doctors and made them responsible for buying services from competing providers . |
| 30 | Finally , some key workers were apprehensive because they saw care programming as one step towards making them responsible for purchasing care , like budget-holding care managers in some social services authorities . |