Example sentences of "[pron] for [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prime minister , Harold Macmillan , took refuge behind the usual claim that he could say nothing for fear of damaging national security . |
| 2 | Two or three years ago a friend of mine who is a publisher applied to me for help in dealing with a complaint from a man who had bought one of his cookery books . |
| 3 | They had come to me for help in extricating themselves from satanism because the high priest had insisted on performing the ‘ Act of Unity ’ with their fourteen-year-old daughter . |
| 4 | The banks ' role in the economy is thus crucial , and this was underlined when Chancellor Kohl turned to them for help in rebuilding East Germany . |
| 5 | I have a pretty good idea what Charlotte 's just-a-handful of also ran last-among-equals might be , although the press release does not name them for fear of diminishing the glory of Verbier 's triumph . |
| 6 | Several hon. Members who spoke after the opening speakers — I shall not name them for fear of causing inter-party embarrassment — said that it was an urgent matter , and I applaud them . |
| 7 | The 900 Belgian troops stationed in Kismayu were unable to stop them for fear of hitting the civilians . |
| 8 | He 's got friends there who 've moved on to the staff , and he reckons he can pump them for information without making any official waves . |
| 9 | ‘ Packaged ’ , ie pre-written , spreadsheet models in use in various parts of Stoy Hayward include one for use in auditing hotel and related businesses , and another for evaluating the savings made by having a company car as opposed to running a private car ( see ACCOUNTANCY March , pp 112 and 113 ) . |
| 10 | However , no prizes whatsoever for CUP for publishing Literature and Language Teaching , a title that shares both the aim and the name of the book published by that other university press in 1987 . |
| 11 | Claudia said , hardly daring to look at him for fear of betraying how much she loved him . |
| 12 | But again I held myself warily at a certain distance , not daring to make contact with him for fear of falling into the kind of trap Dana had prepared for me . |
| 13 | But if it decides a question remitted to it for decision without committing any of these errors it is as much entitled to decide that question wrongly as it is to decide it rightly . |
| 14 | My index finger was sleeved in frost and I dared not bend it for fear of splitting the skin . |
| 15 | Even among the 3 men who aligned with the UUUC , there was reluctance to identify too closely with it for fear of losing a stratum of middle-class voters more conscious of social status than constitutional complexities . |
| 16 | I think he was frightened to give it for fear of hurting me . ’ |
| 17 | We found the locals do n't like to talk about it for fear of putting off money-spinning tourists . |
| 18 | Eventually he falls asleep , one arm outflung across her breasts so that she does not dare move it for fear of waking him , and , constricted , can not sleep herself . |
| 19 | For the next four years a great part of my time was spent in secret meditation upon this subject , I could not speak to anybody about it for fear of giving pain . |
| 20 | ‘ People originally came to us for help with choosing wallpapers , paints , fabrics and curtains , but we realised we could give them a much broader service , ’ explains Jon . |
| 21 | Thus our falling plasma adrenalin and body temperature in the evening prepare us for sleep by toning us down , just as rising values from 5 o'clock in the morning onwards prepare us for the rigours of a new day . |