Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [pers pn] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he had actually found the cut wires he was grilled for several days , as were several other suspects , all electricians . |
| 2 | I am desperately worried that the aid wo n't get tothe people it 's meant for . |
| 3 | She received a charming welcome from Monique Lavaux , and a boisterous one from Marie-Christine , who promptly dragged her off to her room to see the wedding dress she was making for herself , in fold after fold of shimmering ivory brocade . |
| 4 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |
| 5 | ANDREW Fitton , the chief executive of Braithwaite , has withdrawn the consortium bid he was preparing for Eagle Trust , the Midlands mini-conglomerate currently under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the West Midlands fraud squad . |
| 6 | She settled herself beside him at the bench and took up the satin slippers she was decorating for Meg . |
| 7 | Given the 98 to 100 per cent support from dairy farmers it is looking for , that would mean it still bought virtually all the milk in its area while processing and selling much of it through its commercial company Scottish Pride . |
| 8 | With continued high interest and sterling exchange rates we are going for overkill , with grave potential consequences for the economy of this country . |
| 9 | It also offers superior distortion sounds , which leads me to my conclusion that if it 's just a simple , workable sound processor you 're looking for , with the least financial outlay , then the ME-6 will do the job . |
| 10 | And the stone seats beside the fire would be replaced with benches , once Cameron brought the rest of the spare timber he had promised from the linen mill he was building for the Flemyngs at Aberfeldy . |
| 11 | Such a system would benefit Sunderland not only financially there would be full-houses for each match but also the big crowds would surely help the Rokermen to get the safety points they are looking for to climb above the Second Division danger zone . |
| 12 | It means Jim Courier retains the pole position he 's held for all but 12 weeks of 1992 . |
| 13 | In all his court appearances he was noted for his calmness and composure . |
| 14 | Oxford old boy John Aldridge was looking for his 40th goal of the season … it came just two minutes after Durnin 's … and gave Aldridge the eclub record he was looking for . |
| 15 | In our selection procedure we are looking for three main characteristics . |
| 16 | After another two-hour session on the now freezing parade ground they were released for supper . |
| 17 | Do you know when I went out to the maths thing I was waiting for , I was there and I was heard about these forgotten a calculator ! |
| 18 | So , it is my config sys I 'm looking for is n't it , while I find an edit . |
| 19 | After verification of the effect of the typesetting code combinations they were substituted for more computer-recognisable codes to simplify further processing . |
| 20 | And can I remind the district planning officers I am looking for a positive contribution from you on Tuesday . |
| 21 | Wilson , himself a soccer fan , was the same , as Crossman discovered when he went to see him in April 1970 about a set of lectures on Cabinet government he was preparing for Harvard : |
| 22 | Maybe there 's so much more pressure and stress because of the big money stakes they are playing for . ’ |
| 23 | Next Sunday she was going home for a special birthday tea they were arranging for her . |
| 24 | When the time came for Annie to leave the convent school she was recommended for training in child welfare . |
| 25 | Among the bidders was a landlady fighting to hold on to the country inn she 's run for the past eight years.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 26 | Not quite beyond the threshold of pain experience I was hoping for … but damn close . |
| 27 | Together with his twin brother Ronnie he was jailed for life in 1969 for the killing of Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie and is currently serving his sentence at Blundeston Prison near Lowestoft . |
| 28 | C. A few years ago , a group of farmers in eastern Britain decided that the market price they were offered for milk , from dairy cows fed on grass , was not as good as the price they could get for beef cattle , which are fattened in pens by being fed with crops of barley . |
| 29 | As the Empire player you are spoiled for choice . |