Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His general note was one of chiding MacDonald for the weakness of his control over his own extremists and suggesting that what the country needed was men of practical experience , breadth of view and lack of dogmatic commitment . |
| 2 | I see that Wetherall got MOTM for the game on Saturday from one of the tabloids , so much for me saying he was at fault for the goals . |
| 3 | Loretta decided she would have to abandon her attempt to see Veronica for the rest of the day . |
| 4 | The display is now set to tour Scotland for the remainder of the centenary year , taking in several locations which have strong MacDiarmid associations — Langholm , where he was born ; Montrose where his masterpiece A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle was composed ; and Lanark , close to Brownsbank where he spent the later years of his life . |
| 5 | Konstantinos Kosmopoulos retained Salonika for the ND with 50.9 per cent , beating the Pasok-Left Coalition candidate . |
| 6 | NORFOLK was drawn into the Medau web in 1960 after Madge Segger and Phyllis Ratcliffe , County Physical Education Advisers , visited Wembley for the Festival of Movement and Dance . |
| 7 | The Norwegian government donated some 2,000,000 kronor ( US$320,000 ) to the NCGUB , whose leader , Sein Win , visited Norway for the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi . |
| 8 | What he was saying made sense in some respects but she would never , ever forgive Lizzy for the charade of the last eighteen months . |
| 9 | The memory of Mme Schlesinger , and her presence too , pursued Flaubert for the rest of his life . |
| 10 | An American studio had approached Willy for the rights to the play , but ‘ they envisaged a Brat Pack movie , packaging first and script later , ’ and he turned them down . |
| 11 | In her insistent way she asked Jane for the loan of a field in which to hold a charity fair . |
| 12 | Just then , a Zoggian policewoman arrived and asked Zanya for the key to their spaceship . |
| 13 | We believe that now he will prepare Ireland for the rebirth of the monster-god Crom Croich . ’ |
| 14 | This is a great club , the only one that can beat Liverpool for the enthusiasm of its supporters ’ , he enthused . |
| 15 | A press attaché at the Turkish embassy in Athens , Cetin Gorgu , was shot dead by two men as he began his drive to work on Oct. 7 — the day before Mitsotakis was scheduled to visit Istanbul for the funeral of the Archbishop Dimitrios I [ see this page ] . |
| 16 | Hareem prayer mats were spread next to the braziers and the women began petitioning God for the health of the boy . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm hoping the child will compensate Berenice for the loss of her husband , and who knows ? |
| 18 | Northampton would have produced Coca-Cola for the whole of Southern England . |
| 19 | An Australian schoolteacher in Hawaii wanting to write a story on the States invading Panama for The Times in London . |
| 20 | The Tour has rested at Bordeaux many times , but this is the first time that the caravan has used Nogent-sur-Oise for the beginning of a day 's racing . |
| 21 | Charles J. Sisson praises Chambers for the comprehensiveness of his collection of " instances " , but also for his " notable unwillingness to hasten to theory " |
| 22 | ‘ Naturally , we are very aggrieved at the incident and are considering citing Jones for the incident in the tackle . ’ |
| 23 | FRANCE FRANCE abolished PR for the legislature in 1986 after Jean-Marie Le Pen 's National Front stunned the nation by winning 33 seats in the previous election . |
| 24 | More than half the 100 exhibitors have indicated that they will be using Rooftec for the launch of new or updated products , and these will be short-listed for the Federation 's coveted ‘ Ken Soulsby Innovation Award . ’ |
| 25 | Dunphy blamed Taylor for the failings of the English national side . |
| 26 | I tipped Arsenal for the championship at the start of the season and that 's the measure of respect I have for them because they are so resolute . |
| 27 | On the morrow of Marshal Ogarkov 's removal as Chief of the General Staff , Western press comment included speculation that his policy stance had come to obstruct the reassessment of arms control and East-West policy sought by the leadership ; according to one respected newspaper , senior Western military attachés in Moscow were tipped by Soviet army officers that the Kremlin blamed Ogarkov for the disasters of the SS-20 deployment and the shooting down of the Korean airliner off Sakhalin Island . |
| 28 | We are settled on the southern shore , called Belmont for the amenity of the situation , within a stout stockade I am causing to be built . |
| 29 | Many , therefore , blamed Callaghan for the explosion in union wage claims that followed in the early seventies . |
| 30 | Estimated at less than £200,000 , it is a sum roughly equivalent to the money which will be spent in fireworks and flypasts when the Prince and Princess of Wales visit Seville for the evening of 20 May . |