Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [noun] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes in the method of resource allocation also seemed to meet criticisms that RAWP funding did not adequately compensate for workload nor reward good performance . |
| 2 | Then I 'd disappear for days and make everyone go crazy with worry while I whooped it up down the nearest alley with some ear-tom tom . |
| 3 | We , in the election and we should , and we should wait for America and try and advise America a a and , and take a view , a a it oh o otherwise madness lies , if there were people who gon na make deals with bits of Russia for this grievance we 're gon na be in a terrible state . |
| 4 | Pghorbol esters such as 12- O -tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate ( TPA ) can substitute for diacylglycerol and have been used extensively as tools to investigate actions of protein kinase C. |
| 5 | Whenever I wanted a guest to be really entertained at one of our functions I would send for Tommy and ask him to look after them . |
| 6 | In many cases green ferns , and particularly bracken , can darken during pressing , or you can deliberately look for ferns that have already changed colour . |
| 7 | I 'm sure there are some amazing restaurants up here , some incredible mirador where you can see for miles and dine by moonlight . ’ |
| 8 | Unlike their fellow Soviet citizens , Jews can now apply for passports and leave the Soviet Union with relative ease . |
| 9 | In the event that a person previously expelled should apply for readmission and fulfil the basic admission criteria , it shall be for the Council , on the advice of the Board of Fellow , at its next meeting to decide whether the applicant may be readmitted and on what terms . |
| 10 | The real value of a key deposited with a neighbour comes when you are ill or incapacitated and can only call for help or reach the phone , but not reach the front door . |
| 11 | The money from the premiere will pay for furniture and equip a kitchen . |
| 12 | Savile Row tailor R.J.W. Gieve suspects that it was an attitude born of the realization that the tailor would probably wait for his money rather than press for payment and jeopardize goodwill and the prospect of future orders . |
| 13 | He would pray for hours and memorize large sections of the Bible . |
| 14 | Of course they would mourn for Renascia and remember all of the good things about it , only just now they had other things to concentrate on . |
| 15 | Fabrics are expensive , but they will last for years and give great pleasure provided they are looked after in the proper manner . |
| 16 | Some whales sing duets that may last for days and show regional dialects , while others can hear calls from hundreds of kilometres away . |
| 17 | In it Timmy would crawl for hours or pull himself up and stand precariously balancing , his napkin invariably falling about his knees . |
| 18 | The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties . |
| 19 | Whom would he blame , and to whom would he turn for protection and comfort ? |