Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish I had a pound for every time friends have turned to me and asked : ‘ Yeah well , what has SUSA ever done for us ? ’ |
| 2 | dried powdered petals , to give pleasant taste and smell to other medicinal remedies , rose vinegar traditionally used for headaches , also rose honey for sore throat and ulcerated mouth |
| 3 | A strange mixture of dread and tremulous joy at seeing fitzAlan again battled for supremacy with outrage at his rough treatment of her . |
| 4 | And he does so and he finds and squares the ball to his right , Alan made an advance for it but it 's was there first , put ball forward looking for and it 's just beyond the fair haired striker and races away to pick it up . |
| 5 | Three years ago , 90% of BBC 's business was on MS-DOS platforms , 10% on Unix : that 's all changed now and the company says MS-DOS now accounts for just 20% of its revenues . |
| 6 | And he 'd had Chalon ready saddled for her , also . |
| 7 | SCHOOLMATES of a young hit and run victim today prayed for the recovery of their soccer-mad pal . |
| 8 | Some privately employed labour also works for non-profit-making bodies . |
| 9 | This potential for improving the quality of teaching and learning that underlies LMS probably accounts for the fact that few educationalists are opposed to it in principle . |
| 10 | The problems to which this event gave rise still remain for later generations of human beings , handed down to later generations through myth , rituals , arts , philosophy and , above all , religions . |
| 11 | The relationship between the Hague Convention and the other methods of obtaining evidence abroad provided for in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and comparable State rules has occupied much judicial time . |
| 12 | Most cats will refuse to join in such celebrations , but those that do will quickly suffer for it . |
| 13 | Growing domestic concern about the prospect of a military offensive was evident by the end of November , despite the failure of a bid to have Congress specially recalled for a full debate ; the Senate armed services committee opened hearings on the administration 's management of the Gulf crisis on Nov. 27 . |
| 14 | Using software primarily designed for oesophageal motility , the proportion of propulsive ( 6%–55% ) waves could be distinguished from simultaneous or mixed waves , or both . |
| 15 | According to Cara , who had accommodation already reserved for them in a hotel in Mariánské Láznë , they should reach their destination by about mid-afternoon . |
| 16 | The track record of multi-racial governments being given power overnight speaks for itself . |
| 17 | Instead of allowing a less intensive programme of farming to evolve or encouraging wildlife habitats , many farmers are using Set Aside land for urban style development — for residential , industrial and transport purposes . |
| 18 | Linked with the day care centre this service provides specialist home support for carers and suffers . |
| 19 | With planning consent now received for an improved access for the physically handicapped and an extension to provide a parish office and toilet for the disabled , tenders will shortly be invited for the building works . |
| 20 | Dame Edna pursed her lips , the Coalport cup of Earl Grey halfway to her vermilioned slash of a mouth , and leaned forward , confidingly , offering a tantalising glimpse of heaving bosom appropriately cantilevered for the occasion . |
| 21 | — there is published material specifically designed for use in the training of teachers to teach English as a Second or Foreign Language . |