Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these stories plus the rest of the news , join me Ben for the extended bulletin at five on Trent F M. |
| 2 | This episode has not changed my attitude to the job of managing Celtic and I will be going before the board at a later date to give them my plans for the immediate future . ’ |
| 3 | He told them , ‘ Everyone had a codename in those days and , because of my admiration for the Irish struggle for Independence , I chose ‘ Michael ’ , a name I called myself after Michael Collins . ’ |
| 4 | I yield to no one in my admiration for the great Iron Duke himself , but my favourite general of the Napoleonic wars was General Kutuzov . |
| 5 | Now … in my enthusiasm for the anecdotal aspect of all this I have neglected to mention the other half of Goffmann 's analysis of remedial procedure . |
| 6 | My search for the right kind of toy cannon . |
| 7 | I drove out of Newtown and went to begin my search for the mysterious man on the moor . |
| 8 | My ambition for the Royal Court is simply to create the most exciting theatre in London . |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 10 | Ed , — I am writing to express , through Link , my thanks for the marvellous gesture by general manager , who instigated a get-together lunch for the Kirkcaldy maltings ' pensioners on . |
| 11 | It is thus that I arrive at my multiplier for the whole life of eighteen . |
| 12 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 13 | I am worried by the enthusiasm of some of my constituents for the Bengal tiger and rare species in various parts of the world , while tending to disregard animals in our local habitats . |
| 14 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 15 | In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey . |
| 16 | Sir , — I was relieved to read Mr Marshall 's letter ‘ Keep the audit , save the practice ’ , ( ACCOUNTANCY , January , p 6 ) because it tells me that there are others who share my fears for the small practitioner . |
| 17 | It was no help to discover that I was not alone in my distaste for the new order because , along with the ever-present sexism , I had to fight the crueller jibes of ageism . |
| 18 | I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm . |
| 19 | My choice for the new look team as I posted before is as follows |
| 20 | Subject : My choice for the new team |
| 21 | ‘ That fucker , my father-in-law , will ruin my erection for the whole day , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Sent off for my tickets for the aforementioned match on Monday , only to find out on Tuesday that it 's been postponed ( effin Bright ) . |
| 23 | And with these words she thumped off down the stairs , leaving me to collect my thoughts for the hard task of Testifying . |
| 24 | Is my symbol for the integrated session of good quality and well presented ? |
| 25 | Here 's my table for the basic cast-on sequence . |
| 26 | Hilton warns her not to skimp these obligatory verbal prayers in her enthusiasm for the new contemplation . |
| 27 | Her enthusiasm for the social programme is astonishing . |
| 28 | Jeanette and Simon Edwards , who lost two babies in three years , want to show their support for the new group by giving it a cash boost . |
| 29 | But miners in Russia 's biggest coalfield , Kuzbass in western Siberia , declared their support for the embattled president and threatened to strike . |
| 30 | Knowles ( 1952 ) and Newton ( 1969 ) also illustrate differences between mining areas in both their strike-proneness and their support for the Communist Party . |