Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Director Chris Pond said : ‘ People will be faced with difficult choices , such as whether to use water for baths , or save it for cooking or to water the flower pots . ’ |
| 2 | A letter to Dr. Watson from the Sir C.J. Liston Foulis Trust , dated 14th October 1991 states , ‘ Our clients have instructed us not to continue the lease either on short-time or long term basis and therefore the ground with the buildings there-on belongs to our clients outright and the residents of Juniper Green have no right to occupy it or use it for playing tennis or for any other purpose . ’ |
| 3 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 4 | Doubtless while our noble lords and masters stand back and applaud themselves for winning yet another battle . ’ |
| 5 | And damn him for daring to pry into my affairs and for subtly mocking my singular state ! |
| 6 | I do n't handle stolen property , and damn you for suggesting I do ! |
| 7 | I am careful not to leave even the smallest scrap of yarn lying around as mother birds pick up the pieces and use them for lining their nests . |
| 8 | Collect water from gutters in a rainwater butt , and use it for watering plants outdoors ( not in greenhouse or indoors ) . |
| 9 | It 's a modern affliction to look at an aircraft , something that has yet to reach its 100th birthday in our history , and take it for granted . |
| 10 | And everybody was aware that this was the norm , and so you accept it and take it for granted . |
| 11 | No , not by any means , but of course , when the weather is right , people just accept it and take it for granted . |
| 12 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
| 13 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |
| 14 | " Say " Goodbye " nicely to Miss Nicandra and thank her for coming to pay you a little visit . " |
| 15 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 16 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 17 | " Thank you for the tea — and thank you for allowing me to join your table . " |
| 18 | ‘ Goodbye , my dear , and thank you for stopping to talk to me . ’ |
| 19 | And thank you for phoning in . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you , Nelson , and thank you for taking over my shift . ’ |
| 21 | She rather thought then that they would be returning to their hotel , and , because she had enjoyed everything so much , she added sincerely , ‘ And thank you for taking me around , and for showing me so much . ’ |
| 22 | I did the ones , I 've done the ones that were before that and thank you for taking part in |
| 23 | Your sermon was inspiring , and thank you for sharing this moving service with so many all round the country , so that we felt as one with your own congregation … |
| 24 | Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me . |
| 25 | Welcome and thank you for inviting me to your ceremony . |
| 26 | We , the young people of this area , extend our greetings to you and thank you for listening to us on this Youth Sunday . |
| 27 | And thank you for joining us . |
| 28 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 29 | Thank you very much and thank you for coming down and talking to us today . |
| 30 | So thank you very much indeed , for coming , for addressing us , and we look forward I think both at national level and as you suggest , at local level with ever more valuable and productive relationships with the private sector , together with the other partners which , er , whom we need , and thank you for leading us along this |