Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 2 | I decided to apply for some help , so my daughter Lilya ( Aliki ) and I wrote a letter to Andropov and Brezhnev , and I explained in these letters that what had been stolen was a large number of works from the collection that I had intended to give to the Tretyakov Gallery . |
| 3 | I needed to study for several months to make a woman monster successfully . |
| 4 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 5 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 6 | I had to wait for another performance to see . ’ |
| 7 | She went out of one door but then a sheet of flame came down and blocked me , so I had to look for another way out . ’ |
| 8 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted to apologise for that , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I wanted to apologise for that . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And you know who you got to thank for that , mate , do n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | Sleepily she tried to adjust for this situation , flipping over and snuggling into the heated surface of his chest . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he said again , and the floodgates really opened , and she began to cry for all the bewilderment of feelings he had caused in her . |
| 14 | Kerry 's hair had been recently cut but she decided to go for another snip when she arrived at the studio . |
| 15 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |
| 16 | Stunned by the sensation , she had to search for all the willpower she possessed not to let her reaction show in her expression . |
| 17 | Well I thought you had to pay for that Ken ? |
| 18 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |
| 19 | ‘ We began to work for this journey two years ago . |
| 20 | We had to wait for all three of them to finish before getting it back . |
| 21 | We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January . |
| 22 | We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready . |
| 23 | erm We had to look for some lower riders and erm Tony Primmer of course comes in at four , which helps us immensely . |
| 24 | They began to look for more drink and the Junior showed his initiative by going up to the off-licence with the Porter and bringing back armfuls of the stuff . |
| 25 | When they started to gather for another push , the second wave of mounted police went in , scattering the pickets right across the field . |
| 26 | But at the time they thought that was all they could get , and they decided to go for half a loaf rather than the whole . |
| 27 | When they discovered a pair of woman 's shoes they decided to hunt for more clues , even joking that ‘ we might find a body . ’ |
| 28 | Shortly afterwards , Fiona and James moved to Belgium , where they decided to try for another baby . |
| 29 | They had to settle for much less , however , and an understanding was reached with local authorities , in spite of some early reluctance on their part . |
| 30 | They 're here all this morning , but they had to go for another meeting . |