Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … . ‘ |
| 2 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 3 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |
| 4 | What scientific evidence have we for the existence of ESP ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Nigel sent her a nice little note inviting her for a drink . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In 1973 a Mossad hit squad went to Norway and murdered an innocent Moroccan mistaking him for an alleged Arab terrorist . |
| 17 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |
| 18 | A Glasgow friend , Tony Sykes , a great fisherman , at least he kept telling everyone he was , persuaded me against my better judgment to join him for a day 's salmon fishing on the River Ayr at Mauchline . |
| 19 | A silver cup , purchased by subscription the following year , was to be competed for annually , the winning captain to hold it for a year . |
| 20 | The judge told him : ‘ There must be a severe penalty to punish you for the enormity of what you have done . |
| 21 | There must be a severe penalty to punish you for the enormity of what you have done and to deter others from wicked driving like this . |
| 22 | And although three quarters of our teenagers thought it best to wait until 16 before losing their virginity , the younger boys say they feel under pressure to have sex and reckoned they 've got even less information to equip them for a sex life . |
| 23 | A wealthy man bought a truck and the poorer partner drove it for a wage . |
| 24 | And upon the way they round a leper , struggling in a quagmire , who cried out to them with a loud voice to help him for the love of God ; and when Rodrigo heard this , he alighted from his beast and helped him , and placed him upon the beast before him , and carried him with him in this manner to the inn where he took up his lodging that night . |
| 25 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
| 26 | It also saw frequent proposals that diplomats should be given some systematic training to fit them for the posts they were to occupy . |
| 27 | Erm and along with this we were thinking about ways to subsidize conference for people and this might be one way to do it for the for York Green Party to pay part of the cost of renting the accommodation . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've got enough money to keep you for the rest of your life . |
| 29 | Any attempt to evade it for the sake of the ‘ purity of the ‘ socialist ideal ’ ’ , 'he warned , would simply lead to a further expansion of the bureaucratic apparatus and to the dictatorship of the producer . |
| 30 | Tiny children , barefoot and dirty , tried to generate enough courage to touch us for a few fils ’ . |