Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pron] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time I saw Jonathan was Thursday evening when he picked me up in the car and we went for a drive . |
| 2 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 3 | The rear wall of the churchyard loomed ahead of the figure and it sprang for the top . |
| 4 | It provides the framework for an interpretation of action but the full story is only revealed by an examination of the rules which direct action and which provide for the interpretation of situations . |
| 5 | Er I 'm a thirty four year old accountant work and I work for a a pi |
| 6 | Others lose their love through the separation of death or divorce and they grieve for the loss of the one who , to all intents and purposes , did share their everyday life and existence . |
| 7 | This exception is directed at rationalizing the British Leyland case and it allows for the fact that persons who buy items of equipment may need replacement parts in time and should be able to obtain spare parts in a free market at reasonable cost . |
| 8 | ‘ As your commanding officer , I 'm the senior member of the Board and I speak for the others . |
| 9 | But Maggie had a warm heart and she looked for the best in people . |
| 10 | IB4E paid the money and they waited for the train to take them to Ratvick . |
| 11 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 12 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 13 | It was about how to deal with a road accident and I arranged for a smashed-up car to be towed into the studio , and for actors to sprawl around , made-up to look as if they had appalling injuries . |
| 14 | She took the package and it lay for a moment in her lap while she stared down at it . |
| 15 | The former employee , who was the plaintiff and who sued for the payment to him of commission under the first part of the clause argued that the proviso could be severed and that therefore the obligation of the defendants to pay him such sums remained . |
| 16 | I said I 'd be in any time after six that evening and he came for the key precisely on the hour . ’ |
| 17 | So they are in touch with their community and they do for the most part , know what 's going on , on their beat . |
| 18 | The author of The Jovial Cutlers , Joseph Mather , was himself a working cutler and he wrote for an audience of his fellows . |
| 19 | And when they go on holiday with Ann and the old man they used to get through a hundred pounds a day and they go for a week . |
| 20 | ‘ Michael ran a cab and he worked for the bookies on the side . |
| 21 | ( Beckett 1959 and 1979 : 9 ) , while Flann O'Brien 's narrator comments , ‘ one beginning and one ending for a book was a thing I did not agree with ’ and goes on to offer ‘ three openings entirely dissimilar ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 9 ) . |
| 22 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 23 | He returned the embrace and they relaxed for a while in the comfort and safety of each other . |
| 24 | His wages in 1780 were 20 shillings ( £1 ) a week and he asked for an increase to 2 guineas ( £2.10 ) a week . |
| 25 | My mother volunteered to look after the luggage while my father and I went for a short walk . |
| 26 | ‘ Her father and I wait for the day she grows out of it , but — ’ |
| 27 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 28 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 29 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 30 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |