Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the council sought to evict him for non-payment of the extra rent he pleaded in defence that the resolution was invalid . |
| 2 | Finally she agreed to meet him for lunch the following week , and they agreed a time and a place . |
| 3 | He finally agreed to meet us for lunch at the Mayflower Hotel , but nothing happened between them . |
| 4 | They tried to get them for Felling , but lost out to Yugoslavia . |
| 5 | A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker . |
| 6 | Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often . |
| 7 | His background , therefore , and some aspects of his personality , seemed to fit him for government . |
| 8 | And then I agreed to do something for Émile that I did not wish to do , which made me ashamed . |
| 9 | In the course of a beauty parade , Price Waterhouse took the audit from Coopers & Lybrand , but agreed to do it for 14% less . |
| 10 | Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund . |
| 11 | They had enough material for a book and decided to offer it for publication under the title Møn : The Island of Pure Friendship . |
| 12 | 1156 followed its own decision in Rex v. Sheridan and applied it to facts which differed from those in Rex v. Sheridan only in that the defendant had there consented to be tried by a stipendiary magistrate and had pleaded guilty before the magistrate decided to commit him for trial on indictment . |
| 13 | His second victim was drugged and raped when she went to see him for advice about work three months later . |
| 14 | She offered to do it for Simon and he thought it was a good idea but er he never quite got around to doing it . |
| 15 | Probably the best measure of Paul 's capabilities is that he was an ever-present member of the side which took the Palace to the 1976 FA Cup semi-finals and of the promotion team of 1976–77 until he chose to leave us for Tampa Bay Rowdies in February 1977 . |
| 16 | Yeah I 've only got to go to the bank and got to pay something for Gary , I 've got to pay in a cheque for Gary again cos he 's ever so low again this year , this week , this month |
| 17 | Some people at school said look how Mother Francis never gives out to Eve , she 's the real pet ; others said the nuns had to keep her for charity and did n't like her as much as they liked the other girls whose families all contributed something to the upkeep of St Mary 's . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , due to all road signposts being removed , he soon lost his way and had to ask someone for directions . |
| 19 | Somehow she had to prepare him for Edgar 's visit . |
| 20 | Steve had done several pieces for solo instruments with tape , and he decided he wanted to do one for guitar . |
| 21 | It was a big step to do it and I wanted to do it for Freddie . |
| 22 | ‘ You know what I want to do — and I wanted to do it for Jimi 's birthday in his anniversary year , but it did n't happen — I want to get everybody that ever recorded with him , anybody who played live with him , get them all at a big reunion and go out and play Hendrix all night long — every song that I know , every song that we could possibly do . |
| 23 | Well no , we wanted to get one for Charlotte , but erm , I do n't think they 'll use them |