Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’
2 ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that .
3 For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service .
4 It is a safe bet to assume this competition will present no problems for them leaving them the first pipe band in history to collect every available award and go undefeated for the duration of the season .
5 ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’
6 ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’
7 It just remains for me to wish you a prosperous and happy one .
8 Er put the next bit on for me save me the job say Nottinghamshire 's Big Bang .
9 Everybody looked at me , waiting for me to show them the robot animal .
10 But it would not be proper for me to tell you the names of His Highness 's wives and concubines . ’
11 ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse !
12 W would it make much difference for you lending me the money .
13 W would it make much difference for you lending me the money .
14 If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department .
15 . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’
16 ‘ And that was not a hint for you to offer me a bed for the night , Miss Rose Fenemore .
17 I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’
18 Perhaps the best way of going forward would be for you to send me a description of your work .
19 The second is a mutual agreement that substantive conditions of supply will hold , for example ‘ in exchange for you granting me an exclusive territory , I promise to sell only your products in that territory ’ .
20 But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp .
21 ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’
22 BELVILLE : [ aside ] The bewitching girl every day rose in her charms upon me and I could not help entertaining a jealousy that she was writing to somebody who stood well in her opinion , and my feelings for her made it a sweetheart , of course .
23 Polls suggested that up to one in four Conservative MPs wanted her to go before the next general election : growing numbers of backbenchers were prepared openly to declare that the time had come for her to call it a day .
24 Finishing the book and having to go back to take photographs specially for it left me a bit jaded , so I did n't go out to the Alps this year .
25 But the pretence of searching for it gave her a moment to think .
26 Would it be possible for us to send him a copy of 4 Gardens as a gesture of goodwill ?
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