Example sentences of "to the [noun pl] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
| 2 | ‘ All people of quality have eunuchs in their service and all the other officials , servants and slaves are bound to account to the eunuchs for all they do . ’ |
| 3 | Of modern poets , I had of course spoken to the boys — and to the masters for that matter , for most had ventured no further than Hardy and Houseman , like the Brasenose dons — of Eliot , Pound and the later Yeats ; and I discovered that they lapped this up as if slaking a mental thirst . |
| 4 | Chamberlain fitted the following regression equation separately to the observations for each futures contract : where Vol t represents the volume for day t , and M t is the maturity on day t . |
| 5 | This was obviously untrue since Blake's-arrest had been known to the Russians for several weeks . |
| 6 | Man U were absolutely crap , made all the funnier by the fact that the ref gave free-kicks to the Turks for all their play-acting , booked 3 or four of the red twats , and sent Cuntona off after the match . |
| 7 | In April they decided to devote no more than £10 , in addition to the income from bequests , for prizes , and to make a " direct and formal " application to the Goldsmiths for some assistance . |
| 8 | The transcriptional regulatory sequences of carcinoembryonic antigen ( implicated in colorectal cancer ) , tyrosinase ( melanoma ) , c-erb B2 ( breast , pancreatic , and gastric cancer ) , and α fetoprotein ( hepatoma ) have been coupled to the genes for several drug activating enzymes . |
| 9 | People went to the movies for many reasons but not least because they wanted to see stories which starred very real and very attractive Americans . |
| 10 | ‘ He would have to apply to the courts for any access . |
| 11 | There is speculation as to the reasons for this trend . |
| 12 | In principle , the idea of holding Open Days is a good one , but these events need to be planned at least two years in advance , so that funding , manpower , and equipment resources can be built in to the estimates for all those Garden Departments which will be involved . |
| 13 | She had been up until close to three the previous night , putting the finishing touches to the preparations for this evening 's grand dinner . |
| 14 | The paper by Barrington ( 1886 ) on St. Kilda was one of those commended by Campbell ( op. cit. ) , while Gibson ( 1891 ) and Praeger ( 1897 ) also contributed to the lists for this most remote of all the outliers . |
| 15 | The Christians were beholden to the Syrians for this service — for the moment at least — and thus the Syrians could expect compliance from them . |
| 16 | Off then down to the bakers for another chat with the ladies . |
| 17 | This brings the argument back to the justifications for those provisions of the Public Order Act which smooth the path of the prosecutor with dispensations from proof . |
| 18 | After chatting to the veterans for several minutes , the prince turned to an aide and joked : ‘ I hope we have given the right medals to the right people . ’ |
| 19 | A Clinton-Gore Administration will ensure access to the arts for all of our citizens . |