Example sentences of "[noun] of [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But she could not stand the thought of doing nothing for two months .
2 If he played at West Brom there would always be the risk of losing him for three or four matches . ’
3 The interpretative work of field staff , particularly the procedures by which they graft meaning onto the behaviour of polluters for the purpose of categorizing them for future decisions about enforcement , is , then , a central theme .
4 It can be extended for the specific purpose of retraining you for new work provided that any agreement to do so :
5 But by now I was crazed with the idea of doing something for this woman that retained some shred of playfulness to it , so she could think to herself : ‘ All in fun , all in fun ’ , and yet which conveyed the full force of the idea that I had been alone in that office that weekend with a huge erection thinking of her .
6 People who use land and invest their labour in it are benefiting society more than those real owners who neglect it to the extent of ignoring it for twelve years or more .
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