Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 2 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 3 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
| 4 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |
| 5 | Mr Makwetu told the chanting PAC youths at Sharpeville : ‘ I appeal to you to brace yourselves for a bitter struggle . |
| 6 | Few were even prepared to try to mediate , none to risk anything for the king and the Despensers . |
| 7 | I would like you to wear it for a while . ’ |
| 8 | And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen forever . ’ |
| 9 | er next week is your let letters N and P for the raffle table , for the benefit of new members you go alphabetically through , you know , from A to Z and when it 's your turn we 'd like you to bring something for the raffle table |
| 10 | I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Would you like me to leave you for a while ? ’ |
| 12 | He was asking me to respect him for an astute and informed observer , an impartial and honest man . |
| 13 | Rather more than 20 years ago , over a lunch in Staff House , I was persuaded by three eminent lecturers of this University to allow them to nominate me for the Council of Consumers ' Association . |
| 14 | The pub they used to have was patronized by shooting parties in the grouse season and one big businessman was so impressed by Grandad that he offered to take him back with him to train him for a position in his firm . |
| 15 | He used to listen to American Football on the American Forces Network and was so enthused with it that he wrote to the American Embassy , who invited him to visit them for the day . |
| 16 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 17 | Her forehead shines whitely above the dark glasses ; she has not been well but the resting home has allowed her to visit us for the afternoon . |
| 18 | True , the £1,000 belongs to the husband at law — there is no denying it ; but Equity will compel him to apply it for the wife 's benefit . |
| 19 | Namely he has expressed his wish to King Leopold of the Belgians and requested him to press us for a withdrawal . |
| 20 | Tom Poole suggested it as a last resort , and Coleridge , who remembered the cottage , immediately asked him to take it for a year . |
| 21 | Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi-finals . |
| 22 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 23 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 24 | If they are trying to use me to get something for the museum , then I shall think of something else . |
| 25 | A. If you are a tenant of one of the housing associations within about 100 miles of London which participate in the Project , you can ask it to nominate you for a move to another association within your area . |
| 26 | Yeah , I thought you 'd only bought it to keep it for a year or two |
| 27 | Later in the evening when the place had quietened a little and the cyclists had eaten , I invited them to join me for a glass of wine . |
| 28 | We almost wished we could ask one of them to join us for a meal . |
| 29 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 30 | The banks want us to pay them for the privilege of making their money from our money . |