Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't see whether the revolver was a replica or real , and I certainly was n't going to risk my life for what could have been a bag of pennies . |
| 2 | I 've done my best to square my conscience for your sake . |
| 3 | She blinked and tried to hide her longing for him . |
| 4 | The absence of politeness moves might , in other circumstances , be regarded simply as evidence of a narrowing in the social distance , but here , because of recent negative statements Anderson has made to others about McKendrick ( notably his invitation to Broadbent in scene ten , " Go ahead and clout him if you like " ( p. 83 ) ) , we are more likely to infer his contempt for him . |
| 5 | I reckoned he was the minister Clare was planning to denounce and I set about trying to discover his secret for myself . ’ |
| 6 | In a similar fashion treasury departments of banks and discount houses also make their own estimates to enable them to plan their strategy for their ‘ book ’ of money market instruments . |
| 7 | Over 1,200 Thornaby residents have called on Stockton council to support their call for their own town council . |
| 8 | You 'd have to sell my house for me , and get |
| 9 | Meticulously , she sucked him dry , and stood up to open her mouth for him to see his seed swimming over her pink tongue and gums . |
| 10 | I recognise that the voluntary sector is increasingly being asked to evaluate its work for its funders , and equally we want to know how we , in I B M , measure up to your expectations . |
| 11 | He felt bound to reproach his friend for his excesses , which made Modi furious . |
| 12 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 13 | He was the star and it was really terribly nice of him to buy her dinner for her , and at the Franz Joseph too . |
| 14 | Lear asks his three daughters to express their love for him and in turn , he will buy their flattery , give them the amount of land measured by their amount of professed admiration . |
| 15 | The country had entered a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) with the CARICOM countries on Oct. 27 , 1989 — in an effort to win their support for its accession to the Lomé Convention [ see p. 37133 ] — to refrain from exporting bananas to the European Communities in competition with other African , Caribbean and Pacific producers . |
| 16 | ‘ He does n't need you to organise his life for him . ’ |
| 17 | When he speaks an aside to us , in his own person , it is in verse : He continues in their prose , but when he wants to express his respect for them and offer his services , he moves up to verse : ‘ I 'll show thee the best springs ; I 'll pluck thee berries ; /I 'll fish for thee , and get thee wood enough ’ ( 160f . ) . |
| 18 | ‘ You agree never to discuss your work for your recent employer with anyone . |
| 19 | The slope from Grove House is steep and Nancy , greatly concerned for my ‘ lame ’ leg wanted to do my shopping for me . |
| 20 | Those Yids , they set far more stock by this Christmas nonsense than most of us — damn' nuisance — God , I 've missed having you to do my shopping for me this year . |
| 21 | None of them came back , you see : the Americans could n't spare the trucks and the farms were n't allowed to use their petrol for anything but getting food to market . |
| 22 | Well aware of the danger of losing British goodwill , the Emperor had instructed the Empress , who was acting as Regent during his absence at the head of the French Army , to write to Queen Victoria in an attempt to mollify her alarm and , if possible , to enlist her support for his policies . |
| 23 | If Robbie had needed any reason to deepen her dislike for his girlfriend that was it . |
| 24 | When she was fully dressed and made-up , she called Jenny in to do her hair for her . |
| 25 | Now they are intent upon capturing the Conscience to use its influence for their own ends . |
| 26 | What makes Gatsby 's action even more splendid is that he knows by this time that Daisy is not going to leave her husband for him . |
| 27 | So , they 've hired you for thirty pence a mile to do their roadwork for them . |
| 28 | Several others , on the other hand , were ‘ on the best of terms ’ with their children , including two in shared households and another couple who said ‘ their children are very good to them ; one daughter does their washing for them and their daughter-in-law goes up nearly every day to do their shopping for them ’ . |
| 29 | It happens in the musical world that conductors sometimes rely on their performers to do their work for them ; it is currently happening rather too often in the field of ‘ early music ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ You mean that one of the family got the gang to do their murder for them ? |