Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 There 's just this , it 's just really funny cos I sound really wrecked yeah and I say look hello , hello look Norwegian people I just want to apologize for all this mess and all this crap on this tape but I mean yeah like you know , fuck it
2 I just come back er ladies and gentlemen to apologize for this morning 's cock up , I mean it was totally inexcusable of me .
3 It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused .
4 If this is not possible ( and it usually is n't ) , the golden advice at the present time must be to sell first rather than risk lumbering yourself with the crippling expense of having to borrow for several months or possibly longer .
5 At this time of year there was n't enough milk anywhere in the village to borrow for more than a few days .
6 Any well-drafted transfer will therefore provide for the transfer of the right to sue for such breaches .
7 This doctrine enables a lessee to sue for any trespass committed between the granting of the lease and his entering in pursuance of it .
8 Blonde , polo-playing Deborah Couples plans to sue for half of Fred 's £20 million fortune .
9 Moreover , a certain prominent Liberal Democrat candidate in both elections found energy to spare for some strenuous Christian Aid , thus earning the gratitude and admiration of his fellow church members .
10 There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts .
11 We had to wait for all three of them to finish before getting it back .
12 With Britain getting closer to Iran and with the US constantly improving its rapport with Syria , we felt that now we were all together , we could be released without having to wait for all the governments to restore relations .
13 The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet .
14 Why had she had to wait for such an education ?
15 When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity .
16 I think , I think we have to wait for the letter , I suspect you 'll probably find both those changed to some extent after that so er I think we really have to wait for that .
17 , Well we 'll have to wait for that one .
18 Well he 's so badly parked you see , he 's got to wait for both traffics to go whereas I could go easily
19 Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes .
20 They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called .
21 We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January .
22 We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready .
23 She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man .
24 Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials .
25 ‘ We will not stop ( reforms ) to wait for any decisions from the G7 , whether we receive aid or not , ’ he told reporters .
26 Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern .
27 I had to wait for another performance to see . ’
28 But I am afraid this will have to wait for another occasion . ’
29 However , that discussion will have to wait for another day .
30 something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red
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