Example sentences of "for [pron] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our status and position stand for nothing when compared with patience , tolerance and a willing ear . |
| 2 | But it should be equal for everyone and based purely on ability . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Such men spoke in court on behalf of litigants and also stood surety for them when required . |
| 5 | He made my guitar riffs up for me and used to present the rest of us with tapes , ’ says Solowka . |
| 6 | The war inside himself was a small conflagration compared with the bombardments he saw for himself and read about daily . |
| 7 | If you have to stay away overnight you can arrange for accommodation to be found for you and paid for by ES . |
| 8 | He 's signed er for everything and seen the solicitor . |
| 9 | The contrast between the two men of near-identical appearance is shown in a less formal , more novelistic manner in the character of the King , depicted in The Prisoner of Zenda as a weak , pleasure-loving young man trying to equip himself for his destiny and in Rupert of Hentzau as a man ill in body , weaned by matters of state , gradually coming to resent his obligations to the man whose courage and energy have twice saved his position for him and burdened by jealous suspicions of his wife 's fidelity . |
| 10 | She had sucked comfort with the distant vibration of Fenna 's breathing rumbling down to his tail tip , and he had spun stories for her and woven them into dreams . |
| 11 | She took her glasses off , every journey , because , if she did not , they were taken off for her and thrown out of the bus window into a hedge . |
| 12 | 5.2.2 VAT ( or any tax of a similar nature that may be substituted for it or levied in addition to it ) chargeable in respect of any payment made by the Tenant under any of the terms of or in connection with this Lease or in respect of any payment made by the Landlord where the Tenant agrees in this Lease to reimburse the Landlord for such payment The tenant should insure that there is excluded from the tenant 's liability any taxes properly payable by the landlord both in respect of rents received and the landlord 's dealings with the reversionary interest . |
| 13 | Most people who have testicular cancer and who are treated for it and cured go on to lead perfectly active normal lives as far as having children is concerned . |
| 14 | I took his word for it and concentrated on enjoying the substance of Ino ( for Serafino ) Cosson 's offerings . |
| 15 | The ball , however , was too big for it and dropped from its clutch . |
| 16 | We argued for it and voted in favour of it in 1987 and in 1988 . |
| 17 | Studies showed that people accustomed to eating a lot of hot food had cravings for it when denied it , and people became more tolerant of spicy food the more they ate . |
| 18 | It has the advantage , however , that new parts can be made for it as required , because it is not mass-produced . |
| 19 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 20 | ‘ It was Sammy got them out for us and loaded into the van , ’ she said . |