Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 2 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 3 | It was a bitter irony that he condemned her for loving a man who was out of reach . |
| 4 | As with the girl who died earlier in the year , this beaker of solution was in her bedroom and she mistook it for a bedtime drink . |
| 5 | At the same time , I would warn Obair * , the same as I would warn anybody setting up a scheme , to make sure that the scheme is properly run , to make sure that the scheme is n't used to take jobs away from either the domestics , the home helps or any other jobs in the health service — make sure that abuse is taken away and I certainly wish them luck in the future and I thank you for inviting me here to speak . |
| 6 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 7 | Approaching the signal box he mounted the steps , the hand-rail creaking as he used it for support . |
| 8 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 9 | Well , you 're a bigger fool than I took you for . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Only if you 're a bigger fool than I take you for . ’ |
| 11 | We decided to show it to a booking agent who books cabaret , so I spoke to Harry Dawson who did a lot of , cabaret work and we auditioned it for him . |
| 12 | ‘ That is a tribute to your work and I thank you for it . |
| 13 | He is a naughty boy when he hits you for nothing . |
| 14 | Then you have to go and have a bath and see the nurse , and she checks your hair and they check you for VD . |
| 15 | ‘ Mrs Morey says I 've got beautiful hair and she brushes it for me . ’ |
| 16 | yesterday right in the park and he hugged me for about ten years . |
| 17 | ‘ May I also put it on record that I love you for your mind ? ’ said Leo earnestly . |
| 18 | Francis will you come off the floor and go in the sitting room until I shout you for tea . |
| 19 | Nearly all of you promised to promote Society membership and I thank you for that . |
| 20 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |
| 21 | Unless Bill 's gone to the shop and he brings them for her . |
| 22 | His membership of the Conservative party was to prove of short duration and he left it for good just before the government of 1931 was formed . |
| 23 | I mean we were in a particular discussion last night I mean that chap was making a particular point and we were able to ask questions and that was very useful and it helped everything else and as a result I have a view that Hydro Electric have a certain commitment to the community and I respect it for having that commitment . |
| 24 | Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago . |
| 25 | Stephen was talking to a tall , elegantly dressed woman , who looked younger than she actually was , and her much older husband when she joined him for lunch in the beach bar . |
| 26 | He had the operation the next day and they took us for a couple of minutes and that was it — they just did n't care . |
| 27 | Suppose you 're an expert document examiner outside the service and they call you for the defence . |
| 28 | Yeah , because it should of been fifteen pounds a night and we got it for ten |
| 29 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 30 | You see we moan about paying three pound a pound for meat but you pay it for fish . |