Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hoped to keep one of them alive for questioning , but they fought hard . |
| 2 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 3 | What are we keeping them alive for ? |
| 4 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 5 | Many other women I spoke to told me that for protection from racial attacks it was essential to have Asian neighbours . |
| 6 | Now it seems to me that for Dorothy Heathcote man 's curiosity about the world is the very source of her interest in drama , of her interest in history , of her interest in education and indeed , of her interest in Life . |
| 7 | But my clinical experience tells me that for many of you , there 's no choice — other than the possibility of celibacy — for as you 've developed , you 'll have gradually realised that your sexual orientation is homosexual and that you can no more change that than the colour of your eyes . |
| 8 | Well I work as a psychotherapist and it seems to me that for some people change is impossible and when that is the case then its my job to help them to come to terms with who they are and what they are and how there going to remain , but the other side of it is helping people to change and I have to say usually its to loose weight , that 's the biggest reason people want to change . |
| 9 | You also told me that for eleven years you were national coach and team manager to the United Arab Emirates . |
| 10 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 11 | Pressed more closely he told me that for a number of years Laura had lived an almost schizophrenic life , symbolized by two quite different wardrobes — one for her parents , ‘ the Goody-Twoshoes suits ’ , the other for what she believed to be her real self . |
| 12 | Almost as an afterthought , her eyes clouding , she added , ‘ No one has called me that for years . ’ |
| 13 | It seems to me that for those , like myself , who want to include divine revelation with science in their total picture about the origin of life , the thought that it could have originated in one that supports their belief that God had a hand in these matters . |
| 14 | He also told me that for some years , two unknown people , evidently strategically placed in big City offices , have been collecting for us all the first-day covers received there . |
| 15 | Oh I do n't mind paying you , it 'd cost me that for a bloody taxi . |
| 16 | you owe me that for a year . |
| 17 | What have you given me that for ? |
| 18 | And he says , what are you giving me that for ? |
| 19 | And can you can you book me that for |
| 20 | Years abroad had made them grateful for yams , bananas , cocoa beans and rice . |
| 21 | Writing this damn history has kept me alive for more than ten years . |
| 22 | Some of these boxes have quite small compartments , making them unsuitable for resistors and some other components . |
| 23 | Ward says authorities have found them unsuitable for children with disabilities . |
| 24 | Unfortunately the major forage grass species have complex life-cycles which make them unsuitable for some experiments . |
| 25 | Masters degree theses were excluded because the smaller numbers made them unsuitable for analysis . |
| 26 | Their diet of fruit , insects and small mammals make them unsuitable for release elsewhere , says a spokesman for the Rio primate centre : " You could save one species but wipe out 40 others . " |
| 27 | In particular , without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing , all goods capable of use as , or in any way likely to be used in the preparing or packing of , food , toiletries , perfume , cosmetics , pharmaceutical products or any other goods for human consumption or for use upon the human body shall contain nothing rendering them unsuitable for their purpose and shall comply with all relevant requirements relating to their sale and composition and to the use of preservative or colouring matter therein . |
| 28 | And thank you for this day and make me grateful for what I 've got . |
| 29 | The Government 's announced change of policy on export credit facilities for the republics of the former Soviet Union is welcome , but can the Prime Minister clarify the extent and the effectiveness of these changes in practice , as it appears that the conditions limiting the operation of those credit guarantees is likely to make them unusable for several years to come ? |
| 30 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |