Example sentences of "for [det] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many thousands of differences have been hybridized and bred for that it has become well nigh impossible to find a variation that has not been tried before , but which is new , and can reap a rich reward for the nursery that is first on to the market with it . |
| 2 | But to qualify for that you 've had , you 've actually got to be a councillor for six years , so I got half way there , |
| 3 | Oh yeah , they 're scurrying the cellar for some We 've found two more for you . |
| 4 | To prepare for this he had moved many of his photographs , pictures , books and other possessions from London so that the house , though not looking exactly as it did when he was there , became a showplace bursting with Shaviana . |
| 5 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 6 | On many occasions we have increased the sensitivity of our measurements or made a new class of observations , only to discover new phenomena that were not predicted by the existing theory , and to account for these we have had to develop a more advanced theory . |
| 7 | Or again , for the ruling class or race against which such a movement rebels , as long as its authority is secure there are very strong practical advantages in thinking of its subjects as incapable of governing themselves , happy and carefree in their poverty , innately inferior in intelligence , out of work only if lazy , loyal and grateful for all one has done for them unless misled by irresponsible agitators ; it is only when they start to be dangerously restive that it becomes practically useful to understand their motives and capacities better . |
| 8 | Presenting her with gifts including an art deco clock and a cheque , he thanked her and her husband , a former chairman of the residents ' association , for all they had done for Le Court . |
| 9 | I sent the cheque back , saying that although it had been immensely good of them to bring me up , I must have been a great burden and was now a disappointment , so I would prefer them to keep this money as some repayment for all they had done . |
| 10 | ‘ The youngsters who visited your trailer were full of enthusiasm for all they had seen and done . |
| 11 | Congratulations to the S.V.R. for all they have achieved over the past 25 years and I am sure that all members of the BCRS will wish them continuing success in the years to come . |
| 12 | ’ I just want to congratulate and thank everyone in this room tonight for all they have done to bring this moment to reality . ’ |
| 13 | Never a word of thanks from any of them for all we 've done . |
| 14 | Thanking God for all we 've done . |
| 15 | No sense of gratitude for all I 've done for you , utterly graceless , and an extra mouth to feed . " |
| 16 | The Oxford public orator of 1960 commended him for all he had done in persuading Oxford undergraduates to a reasonable faith and called him a most penetrating interpreter of the New Testament and a very powerful bulwark of Mother Church . |
| 17 | The best man said he was n't used to speeches , he nearly had n't arrived at all himself , but he just wanted to thank Father here for all he had done and the people of the bride here for this feast and all the trouble they had gone to , and then he proposed the toast . |
| 18 | Mr Roberts was thanked for all he had done for the Society since its inception . |
| 19 | I thanked him for all he had bought . |
| 20 | Now it is up to the Prime Minister to promote this lively Irish peer — he does not use his title of 6th Earl of Kilmorey — for all he has done , with his wife Cissy , as a mere Under-Secretary at Stormont since 1985 . |
| 21 | Last I have a very pleasant task to perform , namely to ask Angela to kindly present to His Lordship a token of our loving esteem for all he has done for the Guild over the years and hopefully when he wears the vestment he will say a prayer for us all — AD MULTOS ANNOS . |
| 22 | I should like , on their behalf , to thank him for all he has done and to wish him every success in his new appointment as Director General of the Electronic Components Industry Federation . |
| 23 | Richard Amos is still the youth worker and deserves special mention for all he has done to get the youth club back on its feet . |
| 24 | Richard Amos is still the youth worker and deserves special mention for all he has done to get the youth club back on its feet . |
| 25 | But this England side , for all it has achieved , has yet to apply the masterful finishing flourish on the biggest of big occasions . |
| 26 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , ‘ for all you 've done . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not ready , Mr Tucker , but thank you for all you 've done . |
| 29 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 30 | ‘ I have a message from the farmer , who wishes to thank you for all you 've done , ’ she said . |