Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Mr X gives property to Mr Z who holds it absolutely for the infant unmarried son of Mr X. That is a transfer of an asset and a settlement for the purposes of ss663 and 664 ( although the Revenue may not apply ss663 where the income is not paid to the infant ) . |
| 2 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 3 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
| 4 | ‘ Any suggestion that your wife expects you home for the evening meal at a reasonable hour ’ is met with ‘ howls of derision ’ from older colleagues . |
| 5 | Does my hon. Friend accept that with falling net incomes , particularly in the hills , and diminishing employment prospects , everyone on the Conservative Benches wishes him well for the negotiations in Europe ? |
| 6 | ‘ Early on in that , the hero 's homeless and somebody puts him up for the night . ’ |
| 7 | As Evans-Pritchard succinctly sums it up for the Zande : ‘ Every misfortune supposes witchcraft , and every enmity suggests its author ’ . |
| 8 | Tolstoy spells it out for the reader in ways that are terribly painful ; he leaves no room for pictures ’ ( quoted ibid . |