Example sentences of "[adv] for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 2 | They had sent a telegram to Louise ( Constance could not pluck up the courage to speak to her ) ; Ludovico had telephoned a friend about somewhere for them to stay and they had eaten what to Constance , used to English food , seemed the most delicious lunch she had ever tasted . |
| 3 | He searched around for somewhere for them to ride out and try cross-country in earnest , and came up with some tatty farms off the arterial which were within riding distance . |
| 4 | In September my father set off for Fontanellato to find somewhere for us to live , just as the teacher from the South had done . |
| 5 | ‘ There must be somewhere for us to meet in , ’ said Susan . |
| 6 | But I waited most for whoever had acted Lily . |
| 7 | Secondly , and more importantly for what follows , there is a crisis of the political language , images and cultural symbols which this movement needs in order to develop its self consciousness and its political programme . |
| 8 | But he had himself confirmed them now , too blatantly for her to ignore them any longer . |
| 9 | ‘ All I could do , ’ he drawled , ‘ was keep talking , just keep telling you who I really was , what really went on inside my head , and hope that you sensed the barriers coming down very slowly for you to get in and say it . |
| 10 | Sladen waited nervously for somebody to say something , then asked tentatively : ‘ Well … if we are n't to discover who , is it possible to find out something about why ? ’ |
| 11 | She phoned Meg again and told her she was so silly , she 'd made a muddle with the dates of two concerts , and it would be perfectly all right for them to come tonight but only if Meg was absolutely sure it would n't be too much trouble , it was so sweet of her … |
| 12 | He said his name was Pearson , he was from coypu control and would it be all right for him to take a look round the lake ? |
| 13 | Yet some form of coercion or compulsion still resulted from what he considered it right for him to do in certain circumstances . |
| 14 | ‘ I read some of the things Jack said about me , and although it is n't exactly something I re-read every night , I suppose I must have been doing something right for him to make these kind comments . |
| 15 | If the Minister is not prepared to shoulder the burden on behalf of the British taxpayer , is the time not right for him to work with the European Community in establishing a Europewide diversification initiative ? |
| 16 | ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Is it all right for me to sit here ? ’ she asked . |
| 18 | I put it back in the trunk , disappointed that there was nothing right for me to wear and wondering what I was going to do , for I wanted to go out with Sally . |
| 19 | ‘ No member of the staff was permitted to leave the building unless he had telephoned Chapman 's office at six o'clock and enquired : ‘ Is it all right for me to go now , Mr Chapman ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That 's why the attendant said he supposed it would be all right for me to go in , ’ said Rachel . |
| 21 | Miss said it was all right for me to say my own prayer . |
| 22 | We are Muslims and my husband is my cousin , so from the point of view of tradition it is all right for me to marry him . |
| 23 | She wondered if it was all right for her to go on thinking about Baby . |
| 24 | Not to live in fascist Italy ( it was still all right for her to spend a month or two , with her British passport , with her mother and me and carry messages over the border for the underground ) . |
| 25 | It would be all right for her to talk to Nicholas then , it would look natural , no one could read anything into it . |
| 26 | Why , Eileen wondered , is it all right for her to say that about her husband 's mother , and wrong for me to tell the truth about Mrs Arbuthnot ? |
| 27 | ‘ You 've checked it 's all right for us to go ? ’ said his Mum to his Dad as he carne into the waiting-room . |
| 28 | She refused to budge until she 'd got one or two matters in order , and , ignoring the fact that he looked ready to go and hunt up her bag himself if she did n't soon move herself , ‘ Is it all right for you to invite me to Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's home ? ’ she asked for starters , and braved his acid glance that said he 'd hardly be likely to issue an invitation if it was n't . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's all right for you to criticise , is n't it . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's all right for you to say , since you 've always worked in passionless chemical engineering . ’ |