Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [conj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | An opportunity to work with and care for people of all races , communities and creeds . |
| 2 | And just as those who are young feel the need to talk about and prepare for earlier important events , such as their wedding , or their children 's christenings , it is quite normal and not at all macabre for some old people to want to look ahead and plan for the ritual and display of family love and unity that will take place on the day of their departure from this world . |
| 3 | If , for example , you have two lectures a week in a particular subject — say , on Tuesday and Thursday mornings — and a weekly tutorial — say , on Tuesday afternoons — then you should set aside regular time(s) — say , an hour or two on a Monday and another hour on , say , a Thursday — to study to and prepare for that class . |
| 4 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 5 | Although Pittsburgh was severely hit by the decline in the steel industry , its tertiary and quaternary sectors were thriving and there were demands on the city to respond to and cater for the large number of firms locating and expanding their professional and managerial activities there . |
| 6 | What it means to think of and work for an audience . |