Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , my fondness for your personal graces and that genteel from which everyone admires … |
| 2 | Those Yids , they set far more stock by this Christmas nonsense than most of us — damn' nuisance — God , I 've missed having you to do my shopping for me this year . |
| 3 | I must learn to sublimate my desire for my own perch by feeling happy for Aunt Louise sitting there . |
| 4 | It has a good lock in case my lust for your luscious body gets the better of me . ’ |
| 5 | I would ask you to point out this dramatic increase to the people of your parish and to thank them on my behalf for their generous efforts . |
| 6 | ‘ When Glyndebourne commissioned my Paraphrase for their 1992 Mozart season , it was they who determined which opera I should use as a background for my piece . |
| 7 | Perhaps little Moby would be hurt by my preference for her talented colleague — would walk out , burst into tears , commit suicide . |
| 8 | He would often go down to the Hare and Hounds at the west end of Hury — it 's gone now of course — but he was a grand man and his scarum ways did not alter my affection for him one bit . |
| 9 | I also wish to put on record my congratulations to the Select Committee and its Chairman for their hard work . |
| 10 | On such frail straws they floated their hope for their own survival . |
| 11 | Not rejecting them , not ceasing to love them , but slowly building up a new role and identity which no longer depends upon their presence for its satisfactory functioning . |
| 12 | All over Europe homosexuals are on the retreat from public activity : it is important that homosexual women and men do not let go of their responsibility for their own lives , as is now the case in England . |
| 13 | Throughout the 1970S , this delightful village was the priority holiday venue of my wife and myself , a kind friend providing her cottage for our annual visits : always we arrived in eager anticipation and departed with reluctance . |
| 14 | Many wives did not know what their husbands earned — as many as one-third of those surveyed in Middlesbrough in 1907 — and the vast majority of husbands kept back a proportion of their income for their own use . |
| 15 | Perhaps he and Laetitia should forget their search for their missing brother or sister , who , after all , might not want to be found , and let the past look after itself ? |
| 16 | The Proprietor has the right to make copies of audio and video components of the Work for use within its institution for its own teaching programmes but such copies will neither be sold nor lent to third parties . |
| 17 | Why was she telling him this , reliving her humiliation for his vicarious enjoyment ? |
| 18 | But if apprenticeship was to work as its devisers hoped it relied upon the interest of freedmen in working for themselves in the time they were allotted and their generosity if their work for their former masters was to be energetic . |
| 19 | ‘ Beruna will not lie still in her hut for you this day , and so the Whale will thrash about . |
| 20 | And no doubt the most well-suited outfit in her wardrobe for her first meeting with her employer , Mrs Foster , scheduled for later this afternoon . |
| 21 | Now they are intent upon capturing the Conscience to use its influence for their own ends . |
| 22 | They are the daily fare of our news bulletins , but we rarely stop to think about their relevance for our own state . |
| 23 | The waitress returns , now indignant with her boss for his bought-and-paid-for apathy . |
| 24 | She does n't find it easy to balance her home life with her career , and relies on her husband for his sound advice |
| 25 | Successive monarchs saw to its upkeep for its strategic value , until Lyme later developed into a trading port . |
| 26 | and he was saying , told me some of the different names , you know , other than pine , I suppose their name for whatever these pines were , the timber there was beautiful |
| 27 | Nor , despite the merit of the achievement , did the Ryder Cup team get the vote when the Golf Writers ’ Association announce their selection for their annual trophy this year . |
| 28 | banging her spoon for her wonderful brother and sister , |
| 29 | Before you choose a breed , therefore , consider its suitability for your individual circumstances carefully . |
| 30 | If you need a replacement lock , will the locksmith fit the best quality equipment , and advise you on its suitability for your particular door , or will you get a cheap-and-cheerful lock with a very short lifespan ? |