Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Forsyth 's support for student loans has ensured little support for him on the campus but , that apart , the student vote seems to be as divided as it is in the wider constituency . |
| 2 | There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector . |
| 3 | Others go in a vain search for it on the sabbath . |
| 4 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 5 | Tony Asmar 's lined up a couple of people in Beirut to shoot some pictures for us near the airport . |
| 6 | ‘ When I argued , he said if I lost my licence he would find another job for me in the organisation . ’ |
| 7 | So unless er anyone has any direct questions for me from the meeting erm |
| 8 | Mohammed has provided this service for us in the Toubkal massif over many years . |
| 9 | We are including an extra pack of two coarse discs for you in the pack — worth £2.69 . |
| 10 | He was good enough to organize a complimentary flight for me on the Imperial Airways ' flying boat which plied the sea and air routes between Long Island Sound and Bermuda several times each week . |
| 11 | The beneficial effect of a caring and nurturing mother is often stressed , assuring a high position for her in the family . |
| 12 | We were invited to Stuart Johnston 's retirement party in the English Department ( Stuart met us off the ship when we first arrived in NZ , in 1969 ) ; but Val did n't make the party as she tripped in a gutter and pulled her ankle ( she got free treatment for it from the doctor , thanks to NZ 's Accident Compensation scheme ! ) . |
| 13 | She was good at sewing , and managed to make some clothes for me in the thinnest material available . |
| 14 | Nearer home for me in the Cairngorms , conditions were reasonable but nothing special on the high cliffs , whereas the lower Creag an Dubh Loch was in good nick for a while . |
| 15 | The island is named after a daughter of King Bela IV who pledged to build a Dominican convent for her on the island if the Mongols could be defeated . |
| 16 | There were distinct advantages for me in the relationship . |
| 17 | Although belated , the gesture will win Mr Kaifu kudos in Washington , and guarantee a warm welcome for him at the London summit of rich countries ' leaders in July . |
| 18 | ‘ Although there 's not much joy for them in the one at his mother 's , which is mostly terraced with hard stone flags , and ‘ my precious flowers ’ , which must n't be touched . ’ |
| 19 | Erm I got , I mean , er er , she 's , she 's like part-time canvassing for me at the moment . |
| 20 | Isolated in the middle of the pacific Ocean , 3,200 miles from Tahiti , and with a sea-crossing of almost a month stretching out before him to the next port of call , Darwin 's stay in this inhospitable volcanic outcrop must have been one of the lowest points for him on the entire trip . |
| 21 | When the King received it he asked the Ferrars to make a similar Concordance for him of the Books of Chronicles and Kings , so as to present them as a single narrative . |
| 22 | The bigger problem for me at the time was the way the orchestra was playing . |
| 23 | Although it felt like a miraculous coincidence for us at the time , it was more that we were all ready to grapple with this issue in our lives . |
| 24 | While Mr David Waddington does not intend to use his office to promote capital punishment , and will maintain the tradition of a free vote for MPs , his intervention in a renewed debate would provide the most passionate support for it from the Government front bench since it was abolished in 1965 . |
| 25 | ‘ I know if I happen to find a bunch that 's been thrown out 'cause it 's past its best , I can likely get a threepenny piece for it at the railway station . |
| 26 | Especially with songs like Too Much , which was in an unusual key for us at the time . |
| 27 | There had been no conscious pleasure for him in the attack . |
| 28 | Much of this he was to achieve , though he received little thanks for it from the Parisians who , in large part , remained hostile to the regime . |
| 29 | They ate well , but she got little thanks for it from the mistress of the hut . |
| 30 | There is no reliable diagnostic test for it in the living animal . |