Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 5 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 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 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 9 | My ambition for the Royal Court is simply to create the most exciting theatre in London . |
| 10 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 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 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
| 14 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 15 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 16 | I still keep as a bookmark my ticket for the 1989 Revolution Day parade in Red Square . |
| 17 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm . |
| 22 | Ian Jack , my guide for the next part of the trip , was waiting for me with his new vehicle . |
| 23 | My choice for the new look team as I posted before is as follows |
| 24 | Subject : My choice for the new team |
| 25 | ‘ That fucker , my father-in-law , will ruin my erection for the whole day , ’ he said . |
| 26 | It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable . |
| 27 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
| 28 | Is my symbol for the integrated session of good quality and well presented ? |
| 29 | Here 's my table for the basic cast-on sequence . |
| 30 | That 's how I got interested in the sport : I read about the first black champion , Jack Johnson and it created my interest for the first time . |