Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found them perfect for mixing up warmer greens . |
| 2 | To make them pure for drinking purposes is , perhaps , impossible ; but it may reasonably be hoped that they may become sufficiently so to delight the eye and to repress the pestiferous and sickening exhalations which at present affect the multitudes of our population compelled to pass their lives on the bank of such rivers . |
| 3 | With all the hype that Giggs gets I can imagine the same back then … sooner or later its taken for granted and believed . |
| 4 | Whatever their differences , could Huy hold himself responsible for sending him to such an end ? |
| 5 | It helps the sufferer to know that while you hold him or her responsible for all actions , you do not hold him or her accountable for having addictive disease in the first place . |
| 6 | First , we asked if teachers had produced a system of their own for evaluating their teaching . |
| 7 | That said , the prime cut here is a thirteen minute version of ‘ Bad Love ’ , written with Mick Jones , which is almost justification enough on its own for buying this album . |
| 8 | She saw that she had pretty clothes like other girls her age and a little money of her own for going out . |
| 9 | Cadfael had been awake and afield more than an hour by then , for want of a quiet mind , and had filled in the time by ranging along the bushy edges of his peasefields and the shore of the mill pond to gather the white blossoms of the blackthorn , just out of the bud and at their best for infusing , to make a gentle purge for the old men in the infirmary , who could no longer take the strenuous exercise that had formerly kept their bodies in good trim . |
| 10 | In that way , the flowers will be at their best for pressing , and you will still be able to enjoy some of the bouquet as fresh flowers . |
| 11 | They are generally supplied with deep projecting wall brackets , up to 88mm ( 3 ½in ) , which makes them ideal for placing over radiators or projecting window sills . |
| 12 | Halogen lamps ' small size makes them ideal for integrating into sculptural uplights or slim wall fittings . |
| 13 | I decided to leave the silver bracelet where it was ; Fat Harry would skin you alive for taking a crumb of bread from his plate . |
| 14 | We will pay you 2,000 for seeing through to completion the data files from the submitted ASCII files for the first four titles of Reading for English , 50% of this on signature of this letter and 50% on delivery . |
| 15 | Does he pay you extra for doing car like ? |
| 16 | It is refreshingly easy to overcome initial fears , however , if you are prepared to enter into the debate , and not allow yourself to take comments or criticisms personally when a student peers at you agog for carrying out what they see as an archaic approach . |
| 17 | But can I thank you all for taking part , thank you . |
| 18 | Erm all that remains is to say thank you all for taking the trouble to turn up and show an interest in the administration of the society . |
| 19 | to you all for accommodating a for your party that people in our street needed the hospitality . |
| 20 | My wife and I are very conscious of the very high honour that you have bestowed upon us and I must also thank my Party for proposing , and you all for electing , me to the office of Lord Mayor for the Metropolitan City of . |
| 21 | Secondly , I should like to thank you all for helping to deliver a most welcome profits increase in 1992 . |
| 22 | I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch . |
| 23 | Thank you all for attending , oh we do have to formally , formally move into part two and that 's for one purpose only , and that 's to approve the minutes of the last meeting |
| 24 | Mr Mates said : ‘ I would like to thank you all for continuing to have faith in me and I will continue to represent you and do my best for all my constituents , whether or not they voted for me . ’ |
| 25 | No , I just was gon na go out and commiserate with you all for putting up with me for that long , well with you lot I do n't know |
| 26 | I want personally to thank you all for coming . |
| 27 | Thank you all for coming this evening , and for bringing such generous presents . |
| 28 | All I can say is thank you all for coming . |
| 29 | Er thank you all for coming tonight . |
| 30 | ‘ Thank you all for coming , ’ she finally said . |