Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | That was due to my enthusiasm for the excellent achievements of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister at Maastricht . |
2 | Ill just go out of the house without a word , and stay at my club for a few days . |
3 | I have almost no social life , free only when my disabled mother can manage my child for a few hours . |
4 | Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid . |
5 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
6 | ‘ Stay in my flat for a few days and enjoy what you can of the Carnival . |
7 | I do n't remember what the occasion was — maybe it was my first day at school , or maybe I was staying with my aunt for a few days … ’ |
8 | I have to drop the work on the catalogue and get into my studio for a few hours each day to carry further a painting which began as a request : it is called ‘ War Games ’ . |
9 | In Los Angeles , where I lectured for a living , I pursued my fascination for the harmonic patterns and golden-mean ratios which run so consistently through the sacred art , music and architecture of both Western and oriental mystical traditions . |
10 | She lies on top of me , breathing hard , head on my shoulder for a few minutes , then she stirs , pulls herself up so that I flop out of her and her hard little nipples stroke my chest . |
11 | She 'd called him Sage , and she only stayed at my house for a few minutes as she had to get right back to see her new baby — the owl , of course . |
12 | It has been in my family for a thousand years . |
13 | to run for cover so I held my hand over my face for a few moments before speaking . |
14 | Some thought that far too many opulent and now half-empty movie palaces had been built for the elusive fashionable trade whilst others detected a more general dulling of the palate as the masses lost their enthusiasm for the old stories and seemed all too ready for something new . |
15 | IAN RUTHERFORD Taking steps : marchers take part in the demonstration in Dundee at the weekend showing their support for the 340 strikers sacked by Timex |
16 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
17 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
18 | Sylvia Hayes , an artist who had spent some time painting in Orkney , came from Oxford to show her support for the four families . |
19 | TURKEY says it will ‘ seriously consider ’ attacking Kurdish guerrilla training camps in the Bekaa Valley unless Syria takes immediate and effective action to end its support for the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
20 | In their search for the key ingredients of the Japanese model , the Americans concluded that empowerment is an important aspect of achieving greater productivity from their workforce . |
21 | The Central Committee believes that the implementation of its programme for the five years can help create the conditions for real peace — reconciliation , harmony , well-being , mutual respect , a sense of community and inter-dependence . |
22 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
23 | So it can only be human failure I E that she was driving and just sort of lost her concentration for a few seconds and that was fatal |
24 | In 1984 there was considerable publicity concerning a woman who gouged out her eye and another who slashed her breast in order to get out of her cell for a few minutes . |
25 | Meanwhile Leinster have named a strong panel in their bid for the senior inter-provincials being staged in Dublin next weekend . |
26 | Rosie Barnes 's pretty face , not unlike the young Margaret Thatcher , is etched with disappointment and pain as she hears she has failed to keep her seat for the Liberal Democrats in Greenwich . |
27 | ‘ Never , in my life , ’ he murmured distractedly , leaving her mouth for a few seconds to hungrily kiss her cheekbone , her temple , to lightly nip the lobe of her ear , ‘ have I met a woman so obstinate , so pigheaded … ’ |
28 | One must pay tribute to her dedication , and the gratitude of all connected with the Club , past , present and future is her due for the patient hours she has obviously spent in researching club records , the Henley Standard and personal reminiscences of many people who have been associated with the Club 's story . |
29 | At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
30 | Sun has the backing of ICL Plc and Fujitsu Ltd as well as Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp for Wabi and for its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |