Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accept your reasons for the visit and interview you afforded Lewis Group , but one must admit that the end result has been an indirect advertisement for the Lewis Group of companies which does not necessarily imply a ‘ consideration ’ for services rendered or anything similar . |
| 2 | And most of all , could I complete my duties for the day without causing a major disturbance ? |
| 3 | Meanwhile I saw her breasts for the first time . |
| 4 | ( ‘ The first assistant director , ’ he says when I query his qualifications for the role , ‘ just had to shout at the second assistant director . ’ ) |
| 5 | ‘ I shut my eyes for the second one , ’ joked MacDonald . |
| 6 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |
| 7 | I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 8 | But the old religion had elements which prepared its adherents for the symbolism of the new : the death and resurrection of Osiris , the representations of the mother goddess Isis with her son Horus on her lap , the symbol of life in the form of a cross , the Egyptian ankh . |
| 9 | Last month he emerged from a meeting in the northern city of Olomouc with support for his ‘ Olomouc theses ’ , which outlined his ideas for the Forum in advance of its conference , due to open on January 12th . |
| 10 | Just walking behind that hut where you got your tickets for the putting-green . |
| 11 | Do not lose interest and let the end of a sentence fade away as you scan your notes for the next remark . |
| 12 | She noticed his teeth for the first time : small and irregular , like pieces of gravel on a driveway , but sparkling white . |
| 13 | Unlike baby goslings which lock on to the first moving object in sight , the newborn baby will be relatively undiscriminating about who tends his needs for the first three or four months of life . |
| 14 | Arriving after a gruelling 13 hour flight , appeared bright and full of energy , almost immediately giving a press conference where she expressed her fears for the future of peace and democracy in her country . |
| 15 | Even though she was making light of it , Charlie could n't mistake the fire that animated her when she reached his entries for the final night of Christine Ashdown 's brief career . |
| 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 | Here she gives her predictions for the week ahead and answers your letters |
| 18 | She gave her orders for the next week 's farm work and then turned to one of the men . |
| 19 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 20 | We send our mandates for the certain death of thousands and ten thousands ! |
| 21 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 22 | During our last seven months , as we prepared our recommendations for the secondary stages , the officials of the National Curriculum Council under their Chairman , Duncan Graham , were rewriting the attainment targets for the primary stages , supposedly in accord with the consultation exercise and Mr Baker 's own proposals about grammar . |
| 23 | In fact you 've been downright unbearable ever since we finished your articles for the journal . ’ |
| 24 | After all , we live our lives for the ability to indulge in pleasurable activities — and believe me , they are not all found at work ! |
| 25 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 26 | The Oscar nominations Midnight Cowboy received were Best Picture , Best Supporting Actress ( Sylvia Miles ) , Best Director , Best Screenplay adaptation , and both Voight and Dustin for Best Actor , forcing each of them to practise their smiles for the possibility of losing out to the other . |
| 27 | Monday will see everyone take their seats for the return journey via Amiens and thence to Calais and a very special lunch on board before the voyage home to England . |
| 28 | Full details of this scheme will be given to fans when they book their places for the trip . |
| 29 | They shared their responsibilities for the smooth running of Zone I with the enthusiasm of those bound by a loveless marriage . |
| 30 | And a couple of young clerks , that 's where they bred their clerks for the future use sort of thing you know . |