Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [vb base] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 2 | The number of enquiries which a bureau receives can not be a measure of the value of or need for the service . |
| 3 | The poems are full of imagery of and praise for the Bible : |
| 4 | SOME 18 months ago I wrote about my own incompetence with and dislike for the microwave oven . |
| 5 | That bombshell , coming from the Labour party at a time when Nottinghamshire miners are continually breaking production records , shows Labour 's lack of faith in and support for the coal industry , and why Nottinghamshire miners abandoned socialism in 1985 . |