Example sentences of "[vb base] for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn your print on the ‘ splash back ’ 90 degrees and repeat for what becomes the bottom border each time . |
| 2 | Turn your print on the ‘ splash back ’ 90 degrees and repeat for what becomes the bottom border each time . |
| 3 | The older ones find it harder … and they still fear for what remain of their familes , they do n't want to be identified in case of Serbian reprisals . |
| 4 | I mean for him to ring you back and speak to you , i i he , he 's been concerned about it as well . |
| 5 | I lay for what seemed hours on the bed , sustained only by cups of tea brought by an auxiliary nurse . |
| 6 | His mental rhythm is characterized by a demand for endless repetition of the same event or events , and change for him means essentially some abrupt transformation . |
| 7 | But it is certainly possible to argue for a systemic answer in which nations or cultures or , to use a phrase from Wittgenstein , ‘ forms of life ’ , account for what goes on within them . |
| 8 | Premier Savings is not the type of savings account for you to dip into every time you want a few pounds to spend . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you saying you intend for us to share it ? ’ she queried finally , body stiffening in automatic rejection . |
| 10 | In the long term , the quality of life which the divorced or remarried family make for themselves becomes the most important factor in determining whether any disturbed behaviour persists ( Wallerstein , 1984 ) . |
| 11 | They also give the Commissioners power to remove the person appointed and provide for him to make reports to the Commissioners . |
| 12 | THE unflappable Simon we long for him to anger , in order to write the headline ‘ Wild Fowler ’ has quickly changed his tune . |
| 13 | Nowadays we live in less saintly times and I long for someone to help me with my ironing . |
| 14 | On Friday , after an inconclusive result , the Queen would have to consult her advisers and then send for someone to invite them to top the bill at the Royal Variety Performance . |
| 15 | " You want for me to lift your little boat out on to our deck until your boys are finished searching . |
| 16 | Depends how long you want for it to take . |
| 17 | She is weak for lack of good food , she has plainly suffered from rickets , her body is not yet sufficiently mature for her to carry a child successfully to term , and on top of all that her baby is coming in quite the wrong fashion . |
| 18 | Support for it has come from the observation that both the brain and the conventional digital computer ( i.e. the one hard-wired only for its machine code ) seem to be surprisingly homogeneous in their internal structure , which led to remarks like Newell 's ( 1973 ) ‘ … intelligent behaviour demands only a few very general features in the underlying mechanism ’ . |
| 19 | The Trust provides fact-sheets and support for anyone affected by toxoplasmosis and educates health professionals . |
| 20 | So one good reason not to support Norwich is the hefty £52 they charge for you to look like one of their players . |
| 21 | The opportunities of 1992 , however , could lead to a progressive harmonisation of anti-discriminatory legislation , and the changes in Eastern Europe provide further cause for us to extend our solidarity to lesbians and gays all over Europe , as they did for us . |
| 22 | Take the video home , wait for everybody to go out , you can stop in , rewind it , pause it , write down the lines , or just study the subject . |
| 23 | ( Lift glass in air and wait for everybody to stand and raise glasses . ) |
| 24 | And now I sit here , in Fotheringhay Castle , and wait for her to answer . |
| 25 | I 'd stay on the sip , whatever Frejji said , and wait for her to finish . |
| 26 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 27 | We ca n't wait down here , wait for her to change into … something . |
| 28 | And not tell her that I know and wait for her to tell me . |
| 29 | I do like she says , and sit there with the damp towel round my neck and wait for her to come back . |
| 30 | Hold on , wait for me to see . |