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

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1 Oliver pretended to apologize for her .
2 They appeared to apologize for their pitiable weaknesses , instead of forming themselves into a counter attack .
3 She followed him up the room , repeating her sympathy and when that did not hold his attention , she began to apologize for her lateness in coming to speak to him about the tragedy .
4 We are all far too inclined to apologize for ourselves .
5 Quite as remarkable as the original display of ill temper was the graciousness which prompted him to apologize for it .
6 People want to be able to borrow for their homes or businesses in a currency where the interest rate is not exorbitant .
7 Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere .
8 Further to my letter of 3 September 1992 , I am most grateful to you for your permission to borrow for our forthcoming exhibition on John Slezer the Slezer drawings of Edinburgh held by Edinburgh City Libraries , and shall be in touch with Miss McDougall about practical arrangements in due course .
9 It is unlikely , but some creditors may yet have to sue for their money .
10 5.5 Title to the goods comprised in each consignment shall not pass to the Purchaser until the Purchaser has paid their price to the Seller , but , even though title has not passed , the Seller shall be entitled to sue for their price once its payment has become due .
11 It was asked , when the estate had been entered in accordance with the second will , whether the debtors who had been released in the first will could secure that they should be released even from debt which they had begun to owe after the first will , and if , should the heirs try to sue for it , they could be debarred by a defence of bad faith .
12 And she knew herself to look better , clad in what passed for finery these days , than she did in the house where with so much work to do she had not a moment to spare for her appearance .
13 She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother .
14 The laity , therefore , became reluctant to invest in their local churches , while an impoverished ecclesiastical establishment had few resources to spare for its buildings .
15 So lavish there , she 'd none to spare for me ?
16 Since the thrice-weekly visit of the ferry brought all the island 's mail and supplies , and the post office was very small , the place was crowded , and the postmistress , busily sorting through a pile of mail and newspapers , while exchanging two days ' news in Gaelic with the ferry 's master , had no glance to spare for me .
17 Luke had turned his attention back to the other women , and none of them had attention to spare for anyone but him .
18 I never had enough time to spare for my wife , let alone other women — even if I 'd been so inclined , which I was not . ’
19 Do n't think that because I 'm learning an absorbing and rather difficult trade I have no thoughts to spare for you .
20 ‘ The benefit now is that a child can institute proceedings without having to wait for somebody else to do it , ' said Mr Kidd .
21 The wife used to wait for somebody coming in the shop to buy something and then she 'd go out and get a a bit of meat and we 'd have a dinner , and er we had seven months of that before I was eventually more or less forced to go back .
22 Lakeside resident Denton Bell said : ‘ Will we have to wait for somebody to die or for a building to burn down before something is done ? ’
23 Even if other painters had to wait for their money , Zbo tried desperately hard to make sure that Modi did not go without .
24 To wait for their enemy , the ordinary people of Famagusta had made their way to the heart of the city , where the Cathedral soared like a vast triangled reliquary , flanked by princely buildings and faced , across the piazza , by the handsome , doorless shell of the Palace .
25 They demand more resources for the school in their areas : they complain vociferously if they have to wait for their operations ; they demand that the state intervene to subsidise the price of the rail tickets from their commuter homes to their work .
26 They were closely followed by the children who settled down to wait for their treasure trove .
27 At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life .
28 They usually had to wait for their father to come home to decipher Davide 's news aloud to them . )
29 With less reliable means of reaching the station , with perhaps less requirement for haste , and less opportunity to understand the timetables or gauge time by any other means than the sun , these passengers used all the patience of the peasant to wait for their appropriate train .
30 There was a row of five chairs where people sat to wait for their turn .
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