Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he really so unbelievably sure of his charms that he thought he had only to indicate his wishes for them to be fulfilled ? |
| 2 | She was in love with a man who considered her to be lower than the lowest form of human life , yet even that was n't enough to change her feelings for him . |
| 3 | In 110 we find straightforward confession : Yet in the same sentence we find specious self-excuses : ‘ but , by all above ’ , — this unusual oath , calling the heavens to witness , is an anticipatory give-away — Well , the disbelieving reader will say , to claim that you betrayed your partner merely to test your love for him , which has supposedly been increased by the experiment — this is to add insult to injury . |
| 4 | That 's why it 's impossible to be prescriptive about how you should allocate your own time — and that 's why it 's essential that you learn how best to manage your time for yourself . |
| 5 | She wants , she wanted me tonight to do your packing for you . |
| 6 | She wanted somehow to have her mother for herself , but only so that she could reject her herself . |
| 7 | ‘ No , I think it would have been easier just to take his word for it that I 'd boobed , fallen down on the job . |
| 8 | He declines even to give his reasons for his refusal . |
| 9 | Mrs Aquino earlier appealed to Filipinos to attend a mass tomorrow to demonstrate their support for her government . |
| 10 | During this time I tried hard to forget my feeling for him . |
| 11 | Before this , I had got someone else to give my lectures for me , because most people could not understand my voice . |
| 12 | ‘ You agree never to discuss your work for your recent employer with anyone . |
| 13 | This never ceased to aggrieve the Archduke , but he found a way publicly to show his love for his wife . |