Example sentences of "[pron] for [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came to me for stuff to forget all that . |
| 2 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
| 3 | Yeah , so he said well charge me for wheel balancing then or something no he said , we ca n't do that . |
| 4 | was going out of this area to the providers of er of capital , for opportunities within this area we can go to London for example be many bankers there who will be being approached by companies within the northern region , north west region asking them for money to support them in their in their ventures . |
| 5 | A few centres might use them for lake paddling , it was thought , but the serious river paddler would never buy them . |
| 6 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 7 | Edward was delegated to meeting new arrivals , screening them for importance to prevent the Broompark sinking under her weight of refugees , and commandeering essential supplies . |
| 8 | She pushed away the papers and rubbed at her eyes , she would have to visit the creditors , pay them a little of their money and then beg them for time to pay the rest . |
| 9 | Cecil made it quite clear that in his opinion , at least , the " strangers " in charge of the works were pretending to act simply and fairly towards the society but were thought to be dealing more for their own " private lucre " than for the benefit of the society , " … this despite diverse great sums of money due by them for rent having been remitted for their better encouragement to carry on the work … " |
| 10 | Adoptive parents can not have a child who is placed with them for adoption tested for HIV until after a formal adoption order is made . |
| 11 | They 're quite good it looks better than them for office do n't it ? they 're dual power battery and solar |
| 12 | The extent to which British administrators depended on them for information varied greatly according to the social composition of the district and the competence of the civil servant in charge . |
| 13 | Heating for instance in more than just one room , which for instance became standard in council house building in the late forties onwards . |
| 14 | The independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 , Ghana and Malaysia in 1957 , and most other African dependencies in the 1960s , were only milestones in the long , gradual process of the relative weakening of Commonwealth links , which for instance withdrew the tariff advantages of the British cotton industry in many tropical markets . |
| 15 | This is why ‘ History ’ , which for Marxism promises liberation , for Cixous also entails another forgotten story of oppression : |
| 16 | However , as the graph indicates , there is a range in which the relationship is roughly linear , which for vegetation growing under natural conditions will depend on the time of year . |
| 17 | Against this decision the applicant sought and obtained leave to appeal to Her Majesty in Council , but since there was an issue both as to the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to hear the appeal from Barnett J. , and as to the power of that court to grant onward leave , the applicant also applied to Barnett J. himself for leave to appeal direct . |
| 18 | Until about twelve years ago , they wore frock coats , and Clifford ( an Englishman who has adopted tartan trews himself for evening wear ) sees the new uniforms as not only an escape from the banality of the present outfits , but an opportunity to take part in the Scotland 's resurgence of national pride . |
| 19 | Unless the prescribed particulars of the charge are delivered to the Registrar within 21 days of the creation of the charge , it will be void against the administrator , liquidator , or any person who for value acquires an interest in or right over the property subject to the charge . |
| 20 | ‘ What I mean is do you for instance know the three-times table ? ’ |
| 21 | If you caused a flood by knocking a nail through a water pipe , the flood section would cover you for damage caused by the water , but not for the damage to the pipe . |
| 22 | Has he asked you for permission to make a statement to the House on the initiative or , has he , as he did last week when he refused to make a statement to the House on the Welsh business rate , copped out once again ? |
| 23 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 24 | Colour Candles from Waddingtons has everything for candle making : wax , dye , wick and moulds . |
| 25 | You 'll notice that everything for sale has the capacity to breathe . |
| 26 | Mike loves Mother , and it would be something for Mother to do all day . ’ |
| 27 | Doyle watched her riffle through a wad of papers as though she had taken him by surprise , and when she held up something for Tug to see he craned sideways so that he could glimpse it too . |
| 28 | In fact it becomes two articles — one for punchcard machines still called ‘ Simply Silver ’ and one for electronics featured separately as ‘ Silver Scene ’ . |
| 29 | The original claim by the present plaintiff against the appellants was one for money lent in the sum of £500,000 . |
| 30 | Lonnie is carefully spoken and her reputation in her husband 's business affairs is one for shrewdness tempered by a relaxed , understanding nature . |