Example sentences of "for [pron] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall arrange for my herbalist to call on Ben within the next few days . ’ |
| 2 | If I did n't know I doubt I would be sitting here , waiting for the dawn to stream , screaming derision through the louvres , waiting for my wife to die . |
| 3 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 4 | Such mistakes occurred frequently enough for my parents to suspect nothing . |
| 5 | for my metals to go their separate ways … |
| 6 | ‘ We face a stern test but it is important for my players to continue to believe in themselves . ’ |
| 7 | So here I am , a week later , aloft in the canopy of my monkey-puzzle tree , staring out across the darkening street , waiting for my love to come home . |
| 8 | I lived in the village myself and waited for my students to arrive . |
| 9 | far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work |
| 10 | ( Of course , for my friends to stand a chance of receiving any correspondence from me means that I either have to wait for the guilt level to rise sufficiently ( which is a slow process ) , or to unearth other things to put on my list like ‘ Install central heating ’ and ‘ Decorate bathroom ’ . ) |
| 11 | She 's just getting too much for my sister to handle and what with me being abroad so much … |
| 12 | I sat forward and waited for my craft to appear . |
| 13 | Someone moved me out , sooner or later , and it was probably just as well , for my attempts to find anyone to talk to had not prospered . |
| 14 | He looked and sounded now so unlike Old Red , the reputed scourge of Benedict 's , that I could n't wait for my holiday to end to let me get back and tell the girls . |
| 15 | I ca n't wait for my hair to start growing back again . ’ |
| 16 | i longed for my muse to appear and scatter the philistines with a wave of her magic wand , her third , all-seeing eye , but i made do with a scented geisha … |
| 17 | I put him back in his stable again , complete with an enormous amount of bandaging and went home to wait for my vet to phone with the results of the x-rays . |
| 18 | It took a couple of minutes for my breathing to steady . |
| 19 | That 's a problem for my grandchildren to contend with . |
| 20 | I keep some of the toys on display in working order for my grandchildren to play with . |
| 21 | ‘ I think what I 'm asking for a pair of shoes is fair enough though I am keeping the prices low as an incentive for my customers to come back for more . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I wonder how long it took for my message to get through to the patrol cars on the road , ’ Patrick said . |
| 23 | On that abrupt note , d'Aubigny extended his hand for my master to kiss as a sign that the audience was finished . |
| 24 | Although there were four possible exits from the balcony , and three different walkways for my pursuer to choose from , I could not take chances . |
| 25 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 26 | My full interview seemed to go reasonably smoothly so at the end of it I asked how long would it take for my money to come through . |
| 27 | I spent all the next seven months waiting for my case to come up and fighting to keep my daughter . |
| 28 | I do n't know where your plectrum is , I expect it 's on the floor somewhere waiting for my hoover to get it ! |
| 29 | Someone for my daughter to talk to . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've saved it for years for my daughter to wear . ’ |