Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Regina Royal Ginseng and Regina Evening Primrose Oil take those two remarkable natural substances and combine them for the first time with Regina 's fresh Royal Jelly . |
| 32 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
| 33 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 34 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 35 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 36 | He is carrying the map the class have made , which his " friend " has delivered ; he thanks them for the excellent job they have done . |
| 37 | If workers are to supply more labour they may require a reward in the form of a higher real wage rate in order to compensate them for the higher marginal disutility of employment . |
| 38 | Its executive announced that it would seek substantial wage increases for its members , to compensate them for the inevitable rises in living costs . |
| 39 | For now , Therapy ? are at the start of their first proper American jaunt , glad to take a break from the pressures of Britain and their debut major label release , and swap them for the promotional chores of the States . |
| 40 | Other 's forgive me for the wrong doing , and for the harm I do to them , but it 's only God who can forgive my sin . |
| 41 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 42 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
| 43 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 44 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 45 | James Boswell , for example , often used them for the former , even occasionally , apparently , for the latter ; but never it seems with his wife . |
| 46 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 47 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 48 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 49 | It is the kind of rapid , critical examination to which we expose another person when we encounter them for the first time . |
| 50 | They were trying plug them for a hundred and fifty thousand were n't they ? |
| 51 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 52 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 53 | Round , high-cheeked , boyish but with a scholar 's high brow , it was the face of a man of twenty-seven years of age nerving himself for an extreme deed , a supreme effort of will . |
| 54 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
| 55 | ‘ And did n't we all know you for a darling girl ? ’ he whispered in her ear as his fingers continued to blaze fire across her exposed nape . |
| 56 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 57 | MR IAN ROWDON OF HALCROW WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT/INTRODUCTION . |
| 58 | After all , good results will qualify you for a better job , and give you the added satisfaction of proving to your boss that you are good at what you do . |
| 59 | Dad 's a , dad 's just nominated you for the big in the campus . |
| 60 | Thanking you for the great benefits of your goodness to me tokened in these natural provisions here . |