Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( Phoebe ) Bradley became the first lady to serve on the Club Committee , an event doubly unique , for although not a bondholder she was elected by their Committee to represent them for a four-year term . |
| 32 | GINA MORRIS joins him for a big breakfast . |
| 33 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 34 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 35 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 36 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 37 | Tiny children , barefoot and dirty , tried to generate enough courage to touch us for a few fils ’ . |
| 38 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 39 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 40 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 41 | In fact , a musical dedicated to Elvis is on tour , giving two fans the chance to see it for the FORTIETH time . |
| 42 | In all such cases the plaintiff is entitled to damages to compensate him for the lost benefit . |
| 43 | But in the former case the plaintiff will have a capital asset in his hands , and he is only entitled to recover damages to compensate him for the additional expenditure involved . |
| 44 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 45 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 46 | In 1984 " Union Jack " Hayward received £50,000 to console him for the untrue allegation that he was involved in a murder plot . |
| 47 | His absorption with Mao and Castro was so open that the neighbors took it for a double bluff , and each new discovery of an agent transmitting messages from some ordinary-looking English suburb increased the tension of their interest in the land mine who was surely bound one day to go off in their own street . |
| 48 | And we discover the doctrine that conscience reprimands you for every one of your pleasures erm sweet dishes , music , everything , because they are all the product of depraved and sinful human nature . |
| 49 | If he is taken to court , detectives can apply for permission to question him for a further 24 hours . |
| 50 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 51 | The dog entered regularly in breed classes will need to be thoroughly groomed beforehand , standing still while its owner prepares it for the big event . |
| 52 | If I present my ideas in writing , my father marks them for the appropriate offices … |
| 53 | Indeed sometimes this spirit of God comes to specific people to endow them for a particular task . |
| 54 | It 's normally a place for quiet reflection in the midst of the commercial centre of Edinburgh , but this morning it 's full of books – boxes and boxes of them wherever you look – and people sorting them for the annual Christian Aid Book Sale . |
| 55 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |
| 56 | Whatever the meaning for those twelve disciples on that short mission ( and the Spirit may well have come upon them temporarily as he did upon the Old Testament of God to equip them for a special purpose ) , it is hard to mistake the shadow this event casts towards the time of the Church , when men sent out by Jesus ( ‘ sent one' is the root meaning of the word ‘ apostle ’ ) would be equipped by the Spirit given them by Jesus , for carrying out Jesus ' own mission in the world . |
| 57 | The people love us for the genuine American feel we bring to the business . |
| 58 | He chortled as Herr Nordern shuddered , and laughed again as the waitress , a stout fifty year old , brought the beer and refused his offer to take her for a sensuous holiday in Siberia . |
| 59 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 60 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |