Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 2 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 3 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 4 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |
| 5 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 6 | We 've asked four top designers to join us for the day and show just how they would accessorize the little black dress that is a staple of this season 's wardrobe . |
| 7 | The majority of Athenian citizens were working men who needed the meagre payment that was eventually made for carrying out public duties to compensate them for the loss of daily earnings . |
| 8 | What scientific evidence have we for the existence of ESP ? |
| 9 | Woosnam himself , angry at the time of the incident at the 13th , said this week that ‘ only a few people spoilt it for a lot ’ . |
| 10 | This would not apply , for instance , to reference use of the library , where public use qualifies us for a discount on book purchases , but would apply for , say , postal loans of slides , commercial enquiries , online searches , photocopies and so on , where such services would use staff time and involve paying for resources which we would not otherwise have to buy in . |
| 11 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 12 | It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future . |
| 13 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 14 | He would take frustrating and puzzling journeys on the serpentine British railways to see her for a snatched fraction of a weekend in a provincial rep . |
| 15 | The same information will help members of a project team to understand what is going on , and why , strengthening their contribution and going some way to prepare them for the project management role when it comes their way . |
| 16 | Although few performers really enjoy working under the glare of high-power lights , their use is sometimes essential , and the most acceptable way to use them for the illumination of small areas is to employ the technique known as bounce-lighting . |
| 17 | The dark eyes fixed her for a moment . |
| 18 | His sad tones prepared them for the news as he announced that German troops had not withdrawn from Poland and consequently Britain was now at war with Germany . |
| 19 | The Chinese , who used ivory for elaborately carved handles and vessels as early as the Shang dynasty and in later times used it for a wide variety of personal items such as brush pots , wrist-rests , boxes , seals , snuff boxes and fans , had increasingly to import the material as the elephant herds in the southern provinces diminished . |
| 20 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 21 | Appeal organisers would like anyone thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the day care centre . |
| 22 | Appeal organisers would like anyone thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the centre . |
| 23 | Appeal organisers would like anyone else thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the day care centre . |
| 24 | Nigel sent her a nice little note inviting her for a drink . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In 1973 a Mossad hit squad went to Norway and murdered an innocent Moroccan mistaking him for an alleged Arab terrorist . |
| 27 | His deep eyes regarded her for a moment , then he looked at Rory . |
| 28 | Mr Anderton said he was disappointed that he could not afford to keep Vaila , adding that various attempts had been made to interest public and environmental agencies to buy it for the enjoyment of the public . |
| 29 | All ways to hold him for a while . |
| 30 | Many people borrow it for a day from a sympathetic relative . |