Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relatively high completion rates for the ‘ Other NSEs ’ reflects the fact that this includes students with ‘ professional , nursing , technical or secretarial qualifications ’ The pattern which emerges is that students who have been selected on the basis of success in some form of study which prepares them for the demands which will be placed on them in higher education respond as least as well if not better than the traditionally qualified A-level entrants , while those with less evidence of success of this kind find the transition to higher education difficult and are more likely to drop-out . |
| 2 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 3 | ‘ There is every reason to remember George Bush 's achievements and the debt of gratitude we owe him for his leadership . |
| 4 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 5 | In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work . |
| 6 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 7 | In fact I did one for , for erm one on for two years I think to ab about the same as that , just in pretty colours , but it went on and on . |
| 8 | In fact she did everything for me . |
| 9 | Entirely without authority he sold it for £75 to Harper , a garage proprietor who was unaware that Searle was not the owner . |
| 10 | Almighty God our heavenly father who made marriage to be a source of blessing to mankind we thank you for the joys of family life pour out of us your holy spirit that we may truly love and serve you . |
| 11 | She had always pitied Kathleen and never liked Cormac , who had not tried to protect his sister , but now as she lay awake at night she saw him for what he was : a pitiable victim of his mother 's obsession . |
| 12 | By chance he landed me for a swim at Moutsa down there . |