Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , Fuchs blamed the deficit on the museum 's poor administrative structure , ‘ I did not have a system which enabled me to accept responsibility for the financial affairs of the museums ’ . |
| 2 | Furthermore , this focus on child support does nothing to compensate women for the real inequalities that marriage and child-rearing brings . |
| 3 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 4 | That 's what I got prison for the last time . |
| 5 | I meet Perry for the first time at the Starry Arms in Kentish Town . |
| 6 | I attend college for the first time in weeks . |
| 7 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 8 | I think that evening I felt instinct for the first time — what not to do and what to do . |
| 9 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 10 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 11 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 12 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 13 | This emerges in the form of a dreary Swedish mantra along the lines of ‘ He tried to beat mee , but I beat heem , and so I won Weembledon for the first time . ’ |
| 14 | He had a light lunch in a small sandwich bar off the street called Crutched Friars , where monks once hobbled with one leg bound behind them to cause pain for the greater glory of God , and he made up his mind what he would do . |
| 15 | The tier of local government which accepts responsibility for the major spending departments of education and social services becomes dominant in financial terms and consequently in status . |
| 16 | Brother Mark is no outsider to Continental markets , having done his MBA at Insead , the business school at Fontainebleu , which trained executives for the Single Market . |
| 17 | management accounts which provide data for the efficient and profitable operation of the business . |
| 18 | Zuwaya preferred not to employ one another but to enter into partnerships of a kind which created income for the wealthier and capital for the poorer man . |
| 19 | The individual being insufficient for the expression of these values , they might be extended in vicarious forms such as footservants who had nothing to do but to display their own superfluity , or pets , which provided surfaces for the further display of luxury . |
| 20 | He became the first Earl of Iveagh , and set up the Guinness and Iveagh Trusts which provided homes for the poor in Dublin and London , and made substantial contributions to Trinity College and Dublin hospitals . |
| 21 | The Inter-Andean Depression of Ecuador is controlled by two terrane boundaries ( sutures ) , the Cainozoic reactivation of which provided channelways for the double chain of volcanic cordilleras , which form a caldera-graben . |
| 22 | There is a possible test for the establishment of a sense , which has consequences for the second family of tests for ambiguity described earlier . |
| 23 | In 1986 the International Whaling Commission , which has responsibility for the baleen whales , declared a moratorium on commercial whaling of the 11 great whales so that stock could be assessed . |
| 24 | Another country which has weapons for the same reason as Iraq is the Arab state of Libya . |
| 25 | The economy continued to suffer , however , from persistent inflation , balance-of-payments and budget deficits , and a shortage of foreign exchange reserves , the management of which posed problems for the incoming National Front government . |
| 26 | Breakdown truck which cost £3,000 for the basic truck and £600 to have the crane fitted . |
| 27 | But the king 's cause attracted a motley crew of discontents and zealots , and placed many moderate men in a dilemma over their allegiance to state or church which dominated politics for the next 150 years . |
| 28 | In Chalatenango a permanent Local Government Executive was elected in May 1983 , which administers affairs for the whole zone . |
| 29 | John and Stephanie used a kit home , which included plans for the traditional Scottish tower . |
| 30 | The 1966 congress of the CPNI adopted a ‘ Democratic Programme for Unity ’ , which included demands for the electoral law in Northern Ireland to be brought into line with that in Britain , except for the reintroduction of proportional representation and the abolition of cash deposits by candidates . |