Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [vb infin] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my commitment undoubtedly has a lot to do with the fact that we had to struggle and fight for everything we have . |
| 2 | And yet , to try and care for them , to protect them , is to touch a sensitive wound . |
| 3 | I do n't think this was the case , though , as many women did conform and those who stuck out in the way of Madeline Vesey Neroni and Mrs. Proudie were few and far between — few dared to be too independent or to try and think for themselves . |
| 4 | We tried for compensation and we 've got Tony Baldry , who we 're going to see Saturday , and he 's going to try and claim for us under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act . |
| 5 | Her initial task will be to try and regularise for us all the amount of information that we have about what is sent to which categories of all the Christian Aid materials and then go on to hopefully ‘ plug the gaps ’ in church contacts . |
| 6 | Under a contract for the sale of goods the seller 's basic obligation is to deliver the goods , and the buyer 's basic obligations are to accept and pay for them ( SGA 1979 , s27 ) . |
| 7 | Under a contract for work and materials which involves the production of a finished product , it is almost certain that obligations analogous to those in a simple sale will be implied , so that the supplier will be required to deliver the finished product , and the buyer to accept and pay for it . |
| 8 | What , when do you want us to come and knock for you ? |
| 9 | However , when he invited Beatrice Hastings to come and model for him nude early on in their affair , Modigliani objected and she failed to keep the appointment . |
| 10 | He urged Theo to come and look for himself . |
| 11 | After a while the other riders do n't even bother to come and look for you . |
| 12 | I half had it in mind to invite you to come and work for me here in Vienna . |
| 13 | She recently changed erm , to come and work for me on the Warwickshire area about four weeks ago . |
| 14 | ‘ When I dropped you at your villa , I went straight to the hospital and told your father I wanted you to come and work for me . ’ |
| 15 | I wanted to encourage street crazies and the like to come and work for us . |
| 16 | Erm we set up I think a very successful service and if I could just mention a sad note here , me some members will know who was the county occupational therapy coordinator largely designed the service here and I 'm very sorry to say that er she died the other day but her service is very much a tribute to her and we do in fact have a large number of people who will want to come and work for us as OTs because it is a good service and I 'm sure that you will agree with that . |
| 17 | ‘ Why on earth would you want me to come and work for you ? ’ |
| 18 | If you are elderly or disabled , your local Council of Voluntary Service should be able to provide you with willing volunteers to come and decorate for you . |
| 19 | Union leaders in Oxford say the Education Secretary is welcome to come and see for himself how they operate . |
| 20 | Members of the public interested in the weather in other parts of the world are welcome to come and see for themselves . |
| 21 | ‘ Travel trade decision makers are invited from all over the world to come and see for themselves what Scotland has to offer as a destination , ’ he says . |
| 22 | As Medau is little known yet in Hants and West Sussex , it was publicised as an ‘ Open Rally ’ for anyone interested in movement to come and see for themselves . |
| 23 | Every weekend there was some little reference to the danger of someone realising what was going on , and last Tuesday night too , when I had to come and see for myself if you were all right because the first reports of the earthquake were so horrifying . |
| 24 | As the child 's mental processes become more complex , it becomes increasingly able to absorb and construct for itself the complexities of the external world . |
| 25 | Japan had allowed the United States largely to provide and pay for its defence . |
| 26 | Listening to tapes of bird calls will help you identify unseen birds too and help direct you to the best place to stand and look for them . |
| 27 | After the birth , mothers usually need individual time and extra support to learn how to feed and care for their babies . |
| 28 | As Wright and Ford say , the overwhelming responsibility of governments is to feed and care for their own people . |
| 29 | And now he expects me to clean and cook for him . ’ |
| 30 | That is as absurd as if there were to be competition locally between environmental health officers or , nationally , if British Telecom and Mercury were to pick and pay for their own regulators . |