Example sentences of "vouch for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least , Stanley Jones mentions in his deeply interesting new biography that doubts have been cast on the authenticity of the celebrated exit line , though without actually vouching for it he considers it just what Hazlitt would have said . |
| 2 | Daca , the main agent for North Star , has issued copies of a letter from a City solicitor vouching for the ‘ good standing ’ of Global Finance which says the corporation is understood to have access to ‘ significant funds ’ . |
| 3 | Stewardship accounting is , therefore , typically limited to the balance sheet showing the money collected by the stewards , the form in which that money is held , and an audit certificate vouching for the truth and fairness of the statement . |
| 4 | Hotspur had promised her a fair deliverance , vouching for the prince no less than for himself , and in his promise she believed as in the mass . |
| 5 | Secondly , this third stage , was also vouched for by much more direct evidence . |
| 6 | On Monday she had gone to her job — improbably she appeared to be a supervisor for a market research firm — as usual , and could be vouched for by colleagues there . |
| 7 | In order to have my clothing coupons replaced I had to be vouched for by a responsible person , and Leslie 's uncle , who was a K.C. and Sheriff-Substitute of Fife and Kinross , kindly did this for me . |
| 8 | His photograph had also been vouched for by several of the witnesses . |
| 9 | Christine 's live-in lover had confirmed the holiday dates she had given : they had travelled abroad around the date-of the murder , and he had vouched for her staying at home in the days leading up to the death . |
| 10 | On what grounds , she reflected now , enlightened , had he vouched for the boy ? |
| 11 | You are vouched for , ’ said Hotspur , with the large simplicity that was warp to the weft of his equally vast pride , ‘ but no one has vouched for me . ’ |
| 12 | You are vouched for , ’ said Hotspur , with the large simplicity that was warp to the weft of his equally vast pride , ‘ but no one has vouched for me . ’ |
| 13 | Churchill 's personal popularity had been vouched for invariably by above 75% of the respondents , and the government , though poorly regarded during the setbacks to British arms in 1942 , after the battle of El Alamein was never below 70% . |
| 14 | There may be other occasions but these three are vouched for by several different would-be passengers . |
| 15 | Banks in Switzerland and the City had vouched for the money . |
| 16 | The City solicitor whose letter is being used to vouch for Global Finance was shocked to hear of details of North Star 's advance fee demands . |
| 17 | Later it occurred to him that it was lucky he had Moreau to vouch for him , otherwise his transparent interest in the fräulein might have made him suspect . |
| 18 | You may like to add the name of one or two referees to your c.v. , either to vouch for your general honesty and reliability or to confirm that you have the skills and experience you claim in the c.v . |
| 19 | If these suspects could produce no witnesses to vouch for them , they were taken away and shot , usually in public . |
| 20 | " Not , surely , with the Master and his wife to vouch for your alibi ? " |
| 21 | The chief agent asked Grunte whether he was prepared to vouch for a Mr David Swan , who claimed to be a member of his local Party . |
| 22 | It 's now up to the country of origin to vouch for the health of the animals . |
| 23 | They did not look as though they were suckering in the baleful way that the ordinary stag's-horn sumach does , but as I have not grown either myself yet , I can not vouch for their good behaviour . |
| 24 | In daytime sleep , such an effect is not present and night-workers can vouch for the broken sleep produced by the more rapid filling of the bladder after lying down during the daytime . |
| 25 | I could send you a list of vacancies , and mark any I thought might suit Mrs Ross and which I could vouch for . |
| 26 | ‘ I can vouch for that , ’ his henchman said , folding his arms and placing his legs astride like the Colossus of Rhodes . |
| 27 | ‘ She ca n't vouch for what her husband did . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was a first-past-the-post system and I can personally vouch for the result because I saw with my own eyes a clear majority for Prime Suspect . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It was a first-past-the-post system and I can personally vouch for the result because I saw with my own eyes a clear majority for Prime Suspect . ’ |
| 30 | I can not vouch for its accuracy , but I am aware of its intensity . |