Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Kha-Khan did not ask ; he commanded , and it was left simply for everyone else to obey . |
| 2 | Next I ask myself , does one congratulate oneself on getting married or not ? — or is that left for everyone else to do ? |
| 3 | It was Greg Carey , and as if his entrance was a cue for everyone else to appear , the Christmas Eve cocktail party was in full swing within ten minutes . |
| 4 | He is content for everyone else to have their say first , though his everyday associates and friends respect his views too much to let him get away with that too often . |
| 5 | And there were plenty left over for everyone else to have a taste , too . |
| 6 | Shrewsbury by the way are a third division team , they 're about eighth or ninth in the table so er a great chance for them tonight to cause a major upset . |
| 7 | Wynne-Jones 's knowledge of the woodland realm was far too useful for them simply to abandon him and race furiously for the north . |
| 8 | When people are used to , say , £1 of their limited housekeeping money going each Friday to nice Mr Jones when he calls , it must be very difficult for them even to consider diverting that money into a different spending channel which would instead involve them — rather than Mr Jones — in all the work of paying it in . |
| 9 | It took about nine days for them completely to stop eating green eggs , but they continued to enjoy the ordinary white egg . |
| 10 | Nor is there any power for them either to require details from people in order to keep a register or to require people to continue to notify them of changes in any register . |
| 11 | While I was doing that all the drums I left last week for them just to do they had n't done . |
| 12 | I feel that there should be four or five other tournaments around the country to play in order for them just to get to the national championships . |
| 13 | Would it be possible for them also to prune this tree hard back so the light can be seen . |
| 14 | Unless low income-earners can achieve , at a stroke , a very large rise in earnings and jump right out of the trap , it is virtually impossible for them significantly to improve their situation . |
| 15 | As we shall see in the next chapter , there are those who believe that management have often adopted forms of work organisation which give rise to unsatisfying jobs because it is cheaper for them so to do . |
| 16 | Whilst in many cases firms with more than 20 partners will for reasons of publicity wish to set out their names on the firm 's documentation , there is no compulsion for them so to do ( and beyond a certain number it obviously becomes impracticable ) . |
| 17 | But the reality is that the court has not given to doctors any right that they did not previously have : it has merely declined to deprive them of a power which it is for them alone to exercise . |
| 18 | If the little creatures were really blank paper at birth , nobody would ever have the slightest difficulty in writing on them whatever their particular culture required , and it would be impossible for them ever to surprise their elders by unexpected conduct . |
| 19 | Yet it can be argued that large size and a high degree of industrial concentration of capital tend to assist the organisation of employers by making agreements between them easier to secure . |
| 20 | ‘ The best thing for all of us is for me just to go back to London . |
| 21 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's quite enough for me just to know that you 're going . ’ |
| 23 | It is not for me here to try to account for the common features of movements so different in nature as those we have mentioned . |
| 24 | For me , as a lover , as a person , as a man , it 's not enough for me only to give — I want it back as well . |
| 25 | With the leave of the House , it remains for me only to thank the Select Committee on Energy for allowing us to hear the Government 's reply . |
| 26 | The bedroom doors of Darlington Hall are of a certain thickness and I could by no means hear complete exchanges ; consequently , it is hard for me now to recall precisely what I overheard , just as , indeed , it was for me later that same evening when I reported to his lordship on the matter . |
| 27 | She is silently waiting for me now to understand the nature of what she is offering me . |
| 28 | I must apologize for this one , it 's hard for me sometimes to understand it as well . |
| 29 | There may conceivably be cases where it is all right for someone willingly to allow themselves to be treated as a means . |
| 30 | Organization can help to overcome the isolation , the loneliness , all too often felt by the would-be innovatory teacher , the need for someone else to talk things over with , plan with , compare notes with . |