Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weapon was old as the world and deadly as poison , a shard of the fatal weapon forged by Vaul himself for the death god Khaela-Mensha-Khaine , a fragment of crystallised death capable of slaying daemons and gods alike . |
| 2 | Helen Mirren plays the role of Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison who for years has been the victim of sexual discrimination in the police force . |
| 3 | In the end , several firms undertook penicillin production on a massive scale , but hardly any ever came to Florey himself for the clinical trials which he was desperate to extend . |
| 4 | Altogether this book contains a wealth of information and I doubt whether it will be long before physicians are heard expounding the benefit of Liu Ye for tuberculosis , Jia Zhu Tao for its cardiotonic effects , Man Tao Luo as a general anaesthetic , or Yin Chen to treat hepatitis . |
| 5 | Alan me for me , mathematical but I accept what you 're saying that you mean numerical for most of that alphabetical as as opposed |
| 6 | He has a singular mind and what is on it at the moment , seems , in our time of stagnation , to speak for a lost England ; and England which for the moment has been buried beneath the slogans of ideology and the jargon of modish materialism and press vendettas and bile . |
| 7 | Most extraordinary of all , in 1942 a despairing Stalin even offered to trade the Ukraine , Belorussia and parts of Russia itself for peace . |
| 8 | I give Maggie one for , today . |
| 9 | And she did owe Lilith something for the birthday message . |
| 10 | The Poles of the Prussian marches had been under pressure to Germanise themselves for centuries . |
| 11 | At his side was Lady Isabella who for that day had cast aside her mourning weeds and wore a pure gold dress with matching veil . |
| 12 | Treading almost on the heels of this conviction was the bogey of Havelock Wilson himself for whom many employers harboured feelings " perilously near hatred " . |
| 13 | So now it 's , so he wants one and Bryant one for two . |
| 14 | Every week she was able to give Aunt Sarah something for her keep and she had a little left over to save . |
| 15 | Against this decision the applicant sought and obtained leave to appeal to Her Majesty in Council , but since there was an issue both as to the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to hear the appeal from Barnett J. , and as to the power of that court to grant onward leave , the applicant also applied to Barnett J. himself for leave to appeal direct . |
| 16 | In 1651 the Dutch republic forbade its diplomats to accept gifts from foreign governments ; and in 1692 regulations were issued in Sweden which for the first time specified the value of those to be given to foreign representatives on their departure . |
| 17 | As Miranda was halfway down the dark and narrow stairwell , she realised who it was who had so disarmed Madame that she had not scolded Marie-Angèle ( for not being downstairs to hand , to run the message up to Mlle Everard ) , or waited to reproach Miranda herself for allowing visitors to call without appointments and cause all this trouble to her hostess in the Hotel Davenant . |
| 18 | Her picture of God ( which came from experiences in the past ) was so distorted that without realizing it she was believing a grotesque caricature of God which for sanity 's sake she was forced at the same time to doubt . |
| 19 | It follows the success of last year 's visit to Holland which for many was their first experience of the continent . |
| 20 | Eli himself for the most part does not appear in a bad light , but as the one responsible for the proper functioning of the sanctuary , he is implicated in his sons ' guilt , is at one point accused of sharing their greed , and is doomed to share in great disgrace about to befall his family . |
| 21 | This year Farnborough also has a skate scene emerging from Farnborough itself for the first time since about 1981 . |
| 22 | ‘ Th-th-thank you for the dona-a-a-ation , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I 'll take my wife home to Bamburgh , Hal , and go north to Berwick myself for part of the summer . |
| 24 | C. What for ? |
| 25 | and today at Ascot … there was one winner for Scudamore none for Dunwoody … but the Oxfordshire man still leads by 15 … the score at the moment 90 to 75 |
| 26 | Will you buy me one of those from Mark One for three pounds please ? |
| 27 | Has the Douglas aught for me to offer Edward ? ’ |
| 28 | And I suggested he should contact Evans himself for full details . ’ |
| 29 | The outstanding feature of these Roman operas was the splendour of the scenery and ingenuity of the scenic effects , which were devised by Bernini himself for Erminia and for Sant' Alessio when it was revived in 1634 for the entertainment of Wladyslaw IV 's brother . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , the Soviets have decided to forsake San Diego itself for nearby Mission Bay where the Nippon Challenge and a joint de Savary/Iain Murray operation are likely to be set up . |