Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 2 | This is the most difficult part of my story for me to tell . |
| 3 | ‘ I was paying my taxes for you to acquire your skill , I 'll have you know . |
| 4 | I put down five hundred on my lists for you to decide . |
| 5 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 6 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
| 7 | Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit . |
| 8 | There 's my authority for you to do that inside the envelope . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't forget my number for her to call you back . ’ |
| 10 | Could I leave my number for her to ring me ? |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll promise , ’ I said , offering my hand for her to shake , but she only smiled and replied , ‘ I think I can trust you . ’ |
| 12 | Like , for instance , when my Dad , proud of his craft , and his special friendly relations with a good customer , a Mr Watson , was saying : ‘ My goot friend , Mr Vatson , vas so pleased vit his suit — he brought a friend to my house for me to make him von . |
| 13 | Perhaps she was still too much like Miss Harker and her kind for him to feel comfortable . |
| 14 | In the dark she has to show her teeth for me to know she is smiling . |
| 15 | Every day this week we 've been printing colour pictures of the team captains and their strip for you to paste on to your chart . |
| 16 | Djohar refused their demands for him to step down , blaming lack of preparedness for the failure of the February ballot . |
| 17 | One good look at Ruari 's strained face and Mairi Ban had him on his feet , his arms over their shoulders for them to help him home . |
| 18 | Meticulously , she sucked him dry , and stood up to open her mouth for him to see his seed swimming over her pink tongue and gums . |
| 19 | And the intensity of her longing for him to press his mouth to her lips , or to be roughly crushed within his embrace , was becoming almost more than she could bear . |
| 20 | It all stemmed from her desire for him to leave UNACO . |
| 21 | Fortunately , she was a greedy horse , so when a helper held a bucket of food under her nose for her to eat while she was being mounted , she was easily distracted . |
| 22 | But she could sense when he was getting her ready for a match and stood like a statue , even dropping her head for him to clip her mane . |
| 23 | When he let go of her to shut the door her impatience for him to return was almost more than her body could stand . |
| 24 | My hands got very cold too , but my mother helped me every morning by baking two potatoes in their skins for me to keep in my pockets ; they retained their heat for quite a long time . |
| 25 | Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market . |
| 26 | It would clearly be in their interests for them to agree to bid £10 an acre for one-half the acreage each . |
| 27 | As Les and I walked into their tiny , barely furnished house , his wife greeted us , and his little girl held up her arms for me to lift her . |
| 28 | Many horses also enjoy having an empty , plastic cold-drink container hung in their stable for them to play with and chew ; but such containers deteriorate quickly and need to be continually replaced before they become dangerous and bits of them are swallowed . |
| 29 | No , he wrote , because Diana herself does not acknowledge either that she has been waiting all her life for him to appear . |
| 30 | And she stretched out her hand for me to see it shake . |