Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a person wishes to give up his physical integrity in certain circumstances , or to risk it for the sake of sport or excitement , should the criminal law allow the consent to negative what would otherwise be a crime ? |
| 2 | From time to time Shelly Films held evening previews of certain feature films , either for clients , or to screen them for the local parent company . |
| 3 | It was no longer possible for casual thieves to take an animal for their own use , or to sell it for agricultural purposes in a village five or ten kilometres distant . |
| 4 | Congress is not empowered to make laws for the states or to substitute them for the laws of individual states and so on . |
| 5 | Vologsky had never seen a need to question Kirov 's authenticity , or to probe him for details of his mother and father . |
| 6 | Some may choose to neglect their health or to trade it for the freedom to do other things , as does the business executive who opts for a stressful way of life in pursuit of material success . |
| 7 | God had n't fully maintained His help to keep condescension from her tone or to prepare her for the answer when it came : ‘ Yes , I went to school , ma'am . |
| 8 | ‘ We wish , my brother and I , we wish you to take some of our money and to invest it for us in — in such places where you invest your own . ’ |
| 9 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 10 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 11 | I would like to welcome Frances to the team and to thank her for ‘ volunteering ’ to promote the Johnson Matthey Mac Challenge personal fund raiser ! ! |
| 12 | I 'd like if I may , to take this opportunity of paying tribute to the er helpful , cooperative attitude that the auditing practices board displayed in what were often long and very complex discussions and to thank them for the clear and helpful statement with which they shortly er plan to issue er to er accompany these order and to bring them into practical effect . |
| 13 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I came to apologise for hitting you , ’ she began determinedly , ‘ and to thank you for the cheque . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , no , I was only teasing , and I really only came in to tell you that I 'm leaving tomorrow , and to thank you for being so kind , and — well , to say goodbye . |
| 16 | The expression of faith found in The Westminster Confession tells us , ‘ Man 's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever . ’ |
| 17 | The promise of high rewards is necessary to provide an incentive to encourage people to undergo this training and to compensate them for the sacrifice involved . |
| 18 | ‘ The money is a bona fide payment in thanks for your co-operation and to compensate you for the upheaval . |
| 19 | ‘ Not even a bona fide payment in thanks for your co-operation and to compensate you for any upheaval ? ’ |
| 20 | His aims are thus established from the outset both to record the evidence he has gathered and to evaluate it for the purposes of determining the truth . |
| 21 | Two men climb the rock to check that all has been eaten and to clean it for the next burial . |
| 22 | Erm , if there 's something needs doing extra you just ask the person who 's best for the job to sort it out and to do it for you . |
| 23 | So what you do as a trainer in a circus you try and encourage the animal to want to the act and to reinforce it for so doing and that may be food , it may be actually just affection for the people who are training and that 's what a trainer wants to try and . |
| 24 | Although technically Yeltsin was still able to nominate Gaidar as Prime Minister , subject to Congress 's approval , and to retain him for three months even without such approval , it appeared that , realising the need for political compromise , he chose Chernomyrdin with Gaidar 's acquiescence . |
| 25 | The desire to modernise the UKCC and the national boards , and to condition them for the 1990s is uncontentious and is supported by the Opposition , by the professional organisations and by the health unions . |
| 26 | The disk comes with the necessary programs to decode the 33,000 word dictionary , to allow you to edit , and to re-encode it for use with Scramble . |
| 27 | The disk comes with the necessary programs to decode the 33,000 word dictionary , to allow you to edit , and to re-encode it for use with Scramble . |
| 28 | He was in a position to adjust his price to maximise potential gain for the firm , and to minimise it for the client . |
| 29 | Between June and September , his mother , Margie Coleman , in Birmingham , Alabama , received about 20 calls on her unlisted phone from men threatening to kill her son , to kidnap his wife and children and to harm her for taking them in . |
| 30 | And one and two , that 's it , got it , erm , the , better we just do to check that it 's correct and to remind you for rhythm , is listen to those , because those are exactly the same as those . |