Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumour has it that last season their manager dressed a dozen tailor 's dummies in Aston Villa strips for his team to practise their passing and dribbling sills . |
| 2 | Andy prepares for his image make-over |
| 3 | Since we covered as many miles in six months as many Caterham owners do in four years , that 's not an unreasonable failure rate for a car built by amateurs and speaks volumes for the simplicity , strength and quality of the materials Caterham employs for its cars . |
| 4 | But the monomode fibre that British Telecom favours for its trunk lines costs up to £700 per kilometre . |
| 5 | One thing which is immediately apparent here is that the designers have been looking at the Music Man and Chandler ranges for their inspiration . |
| 6 | The Big Heart of England provides for its visitors on a grand scale , offering a wealth of glittering entertainment . |
| 7 | Saddam Hussein draws for his support on a number of different causes — Iraq , united Arab nationalism and Islam . |
| 8 | ‘ If Artai asks for her hand — ’ he began delicately . |
| 9 | In short , the ‘ evidence ’ that Trevor Roper presents for his belief in ‘ historical free will ’ already presupposes it.ii |
| 10 | I 'm writing with regard to a letter from Andy Mitchell from Ashington ( Aug ‘ 92 ) , who was looking for help in the preamp/processor direction , and was looking for the Eddie Van Halen , Brian May and the Nuno Bettencourt sounds for his processor . |
| 11 | And this song , number five in the front section of the Songs of Fellowship reminds us that there on the cross as Jesus dies for his dad , great demonstration of his love for us ! |
| 12 | She says , You know what our Joe wants for his dinner , tea ? |
| 13 | Gouache is the medium Mary uses for her work , it is akin to watercolour but always provides the essential opaque quality . |
| 14 | Whereupon Judah asks for her favours , for which she takes his signet , cord and staff as a pledge for payment — so that , when pregnant , she is able to prove that he is the father of the child and so legitimize her twins and perpetuate the line of her husband . |
| 15 | The reason that Beccaria gives for his requirement of proportionality is that ‘ If an equal punishment be ordained for two crimes that do not equally injure society , men will not be any more deterred from committing the greater crime , if they find a greater advantage associated with it ’ ( p. 63 ) . |
| 16 | Alexander , God knows for what reason , always spurned them ; now he is gone , Philip can weave fresh webs , gain an ally with a knife at England 's back . |
| 17 | God knows for what reason — he did n't lack courage . |
| 18 | The international compendium of French material would form one of the four channels of TV that France plans for its satellite . |
| 19 | A new three-year ‘ action plan ’ to evaluate the value that Europe gets for its money will bring in more outsiders as well as more peer group reviews and ‘ hearings ’ on the results of important project . |
| 20 | However , one of the main reasons Petrey gives for his admiration of speech act theory is its superiority to cognitive accounts , so it is odd that he never spells out where this superiority lies . |
| 21 | Cheltenham prepares for its festival like a bride . |
| 22 | Claire reaches for his surfer trunks … |
| 23 | The pity Shakespeare feels for his Caliban , I feel ( beneath the hate and disgust ) for my Caliban . |
| 24 | Pan Am fights for its life |
| 25 | JOHN PAUL Front bench : John Smith prepares for his speech , enjoying the sunshine along with supporters Richard and Dorothy Whiting |
| 26 | Carla fears for her son |
| 27 | ‘ The source of the obligation upon which Miss Thomas relies for her claim is the domestic laws of the university , its statutes and its ordinances . |
| 28 | Arthur Kornhauser reports for his sample of Detroit car workers that the physical conditions of work appear ‘ to have little or no explanatory value in accounting for poorer mental health at lower versus upper job levels ’ . |
| 29 | Harriet makes for her wine cellar . |