Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 2 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 3 | Sent off for my tickets for the aforementioned match on Monday , only to find out on Tuesday that it 's been postponed ( effin Bright ) . |
| 4 | Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " . |
| 5 | ‘ And , Herr Busacher , I think something must be done about her costumes for the other productions . |
| 6 | Ellen offered me a poisonous smile , but I had no time to worry about her distaste for the militaristic para-medic . |
| 7 | She never bought more , nor less , than she would need for her housekeeping for the next 24 hours . |
| 8 | And the woman respected for her concern for the sick and deprived is told : ‘ Not to love is not to live , or it is to live a living death . |
| 9 | — WITH most of the other clubs in the Darlington Building Society NYSD league opting for pace , Stockton and Middlesbrough have signed left-arm spinners as their professionals for the coming season . |
| 10 | Opinion surveys suggested that he would enter the election as the clear favourite against Harris Wofford , the Democrat who had been appointed by the state governor to fill the vacancy temporarily and who had been selected by the Democrats as their candidate for the forthcoming election . |
| 11 | A 6,713-delegate nominating convention of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) , held on May 19 , chose Kim Young Sam as its candidate for the 1992 presidential elections . |
| 12 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 13 | An Academic Development Officer was appointed and an Academic Development Committee set up , and in 1971 the Polytechnic was approved by the CNAA as a centre for its awards for the next five years . |
| 14 | Middlesbrough Council is distributing 2,000 leaflets telling the ‘ real facts ’ about its plans for the floodlit development on Clairville Common . |
| 15 | Mr Haydn Cook , chief executive of the Friarage , said negotiations were going on with the Scorton hospital about its contract for the forthcoming year . |
| 16 | It 's not possible really to understand Eastern Europe now unless you know a little bit about its history for the last 150 years . ’ |
| 17 | Just how little the opening of a new Front in the east matched the widespread desire for a rapid end to the war , and how risky the extension of the conflict was felt to be , can be seen in the admission , a few months later , by Adolf Wagner , Gauleiter of Munich and Upper Bavaria , at a meeting of Party functionaries , that if Hitler had consulted the German people before the start of the war in the east about its readiness for the Russian campaign , the vast majority of the population would have said : ‘ My God , keep your hands off , my dear Adolf Hitler . |
| 18 | Here one of them sacrifices for the other : both have trouble falling asleep , and their partner 's noisy breath wakes them ; so they wriggle towards the edge of the bed , leaving a broad space down the middle ; they pretend to be sound asleep , in the hope of making sleep easier for their partner , who will then be able to turn from side to side without disturbing the other . |
| 19 | British Columbia 's forward strength and willingness to work the ball wide in the second half , as injury-hit Newfoundland , tired , brought five tries , two of them pushovers for the expected result . |
| 20 | She twinkled with pleasure as I wove a windmill-tilting , dragon-vanquishing saga of my quest for the frothy and elusive grail . |
| 21 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 22 | He told them , ‘ Everyone had a codename in those days and , because of my admiration for the Irish struggle for Independence , I chose ‘ Michael ’ , a name I called myself after Michael Collins . ’ |
| 23 | I regard that day as determining the direction of my life for the next two years at least . |
| 24 | I am worried by the enthusiasm of some of my constituents for the Bengal tiger and rare species in various parts of the world , while tending to disregard animals in our local habitats . |
| 25 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 26 | All headed coalitions on the Dutch model , for despite their hatred for the Dutch they accepted their constitutional forms as their own . |
| 27 | Ford have ordered a recall of their roofracks for the new Escort and Orion models following three incidents , one involving canoes . |
| 28 | Talks are under way to find a home of their choice for the 20 residents . |
| 29 | Well , more so , actually , than South African Prime Minister D. F. Malan , who , on being introduced to Dudley Nourse 's 1951 Springboks during their visit to Parliament in Cape Town on the eve of their departure for the 1951 tour of England , had said to the legendary Nourse : ‘ I hope you are enjoying your visit to South Africa . ’ |
| 30 | They tend , as they have done for the past fifty years , to respond to the events of the day without projecting forward the effects of their policies for the necessary 18–24 months . |