Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't need to for two weeks . |
| 2 | This was no ordinary passer-by , someone she could appeal to for help . |
| 3 | There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support , if nothing more . |
| 4 | Castro 's declaration had the immediate effect of widening the gap between himself and the people who were against socialism , and it narrowed the circle of those he could count on for support against the invasion . |
| 5 | Swindon Manager Glenn Hoddle may well be thinking who he can count on for Town 's play off match against Tranmere on Sunday . |
| 6 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 7 | The best method the Mafia can think of for distributing its heroin in America is a chain of pizza parlours , where the sons of top mafiosi are frequently offered jobs as a favour to their fathers . |
| 8 | Our laws will give all the guarantees one can think of for any democratic country . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps you can wrap fish and chips in computer output , but that , it seems to me , is the only asset I can think of for ordinary domestic life . |
| 10 | It 's the only reason I can think of for her to get so much wrong . |
| 11 | The most obvious , though inadequate , analogy I could think of for my situation was to be a light-skinned black person who identified with white people all her life , who had ‘ passed ’ as a white person for years and who had suddenly discovered the reality of Black Power . |
| 12 | A typical example would be : How many uses can you think of for a brick ( or a paper clip ) ? |
| 13 | These are the limestone arres , and as unwelcoming a site as you could think of for a new resort . |
| 14 | The only other reason Miranda could think of for her failure to get Adam to the altar was her success ; she knew that while many women were attracted to a man by his status , many men saw a successful businesswoman as a direct competitor . |
| 15 | Textual studies have aesthetic implications in the end , which is the best reason we can think of for carrying on with them . |
| 16 | The space in front of St Giles may well be a different matter , but is the ubiquitous British bollard all we can think of for making the space more significant ? |
| 17 | The oldest book source that Highlanders might refer to for plant lore is probably the Bible . |
| 18 | A list of written works which have been consulted and which the reader may refer to for more information . |
| 19 | Lighting , however , you ca n't do without for obvious reasons and also because it adds a great deal of extra interest to a room ( see Lighting is important , page 35 ) |
| 20 | And you 've got , you 've got copper we can use for for five Ps have n't we ? |
| 21 | When Xerox first embarked on benchmarking it helped that it had a Japanese partner , Fuji Xerox , that it could look to for information about Japanese practices . |
| 22 | Liberals would look to for instance the con the United States ' Constitution . |
| 23 | ‘ We are not sure whether Tim and Willie are the ones we would look to for Murrayfield , anyway , ’ Dwyer added . |
| 24 | , general manager , Courtaulds Aerospace Europe will report to for all European aerospace coatings and sealants activities . |
| 25 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 26 | Having accepted the fact that good lighting , unworn carpeting ( fitted if possible ) or non-slip vinyl floor-covering and an absence of rugs and odd mats is essential , a check should be made on the positioning and stability of the handrail the elderly person will depend upon for going up and down stairs . |
| 27 | The second I did n't hear about for four days and even then not from a friend but from the free paper which used to be given away in the bars once a week those days . |
| 28 | As must now be clear from the above descriptions of possible sources of documentary data , the social researcher has tremendous resources that he can call upon for use as primary data . |
| 29 | My point is that if a player wants to play for Leeds , and has no wish to leave , they should nt have to FOR FINANCIAL reasons . |
| 30 | I 'm tempted to go but I do n't want to for the fool I 'll make out of myself . |