Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 2 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |
| 3 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 4 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 5 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 6 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |
| 7 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 8 | Any attempt to evade it for the sake of the ‘ purity of the ‘ socialist ideal ’ ’ , 'he warned , would simply lead to a further expansion of the bureaucratic apparatus and to the dictatorship of the producer . |
| 9 | A man in rags asked her for the price of a cup of tea . |
| 10 | Tilda cared nothing for the future , and had , as a result , a great capacity for happiness . |
| 11 | Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars . |
| 12 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 13 | Her eyes beseeched him for the truth . |
| 14 | Biddy blamed herself for the crisis . |
| 15 | Mahoney thanked her for the meal and left , stepping out onto the pavement . |
| 16 | Alter this technique had been invented , it was only a matter of time before weapons designers adapted it for the detection of submarines . |
| 17 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 18 | We 've asked four top designers to join us for the day and show just how they would accessorize the little black dress that is a staple of this season 's wardrobe . |
| 19 | In its original meaning çift referred to the smallest unit of land which could support a family , and in the early days of the timar system the çift was the core holding which the timarli farmed himself for the benefit of his own family . |
| 20 | Wright 's last appearance for his country was as a sub against Hungary in Budapest in May , and Graham promised : ‘ If England pick him for the game against Norway next month he 'll join the squad ’ . |
| 21 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 22 | The majority of Athenian citizens were working men who needed the meagre payment that was eventually made for carrying out public duties to compensate them for the loss of daily earnings . |
| 23 | His sad tones prepared them for the news as he announced that German troops had not withdrawn from Poland and consequently Britain was now at war with Germany . |
| 24 | The Club Captain , John Gunne and Lady Captain , Josie McPhillips joined us for the Outing and for the evening celebrations . |
| 25 | For this reason above all others she had come very close to declining Philip Swallow 's proposal to nominate her for the Shadow Scheme . |
| 26 | Buchan offered himself for the job , but Chapman valued him as a goalscorer , and the link-man role went to Andy Neil . |
| 27 | Redcar MP Mo Mowlam says she is concerned about possible health risks associated with the closure of public lavatories on the seafront and hopes to persuade Langbaurgh Council to re-open them for the summer . |
| 28 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 29 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 30 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |