... Gowers, Oxford, 1965) NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970) ODWE The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981) OED The Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford, 1933) and ... as a mere synonym for after (e.g. Following supper they went to bed). for: The subject of a clause of which the verb is the to- infinitive is normally preceded by for, e.g. For him to stay elsewhere ... is not fortuitous. He has a role to play (Andr‚ Brink). ° It does not mean either 'fortunate' or 'timely', as (incorrectly) in He could not believe it. It was too fortuitous...