Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If some of the ideas in this book have been new to you , you may be full of enthusiasm for putting them into practice . |
| 2 | I could have smacked your bottom for taking me by surprise . |
| 3 | I 'd like to thank Peter for his enthusiasm , and all the rest of the council for taking it on board . |
| 4 | Turkey , plum pudding , Stilton … typical traditional fare , but from where did they originate and how did the custom for eating them at Christmas arise ? |
| 5 | She had a unique gift for restoring them to health , and an intuition that led her to free each into the wild just when its confidence was regained , its body mended , and its animal fulfilment clearly dependent upon the wider world . |
| 6 | Under the Children Act 1989 a child 's lack of suitable education had ceased to be a specific ground for taking him/her into care . |
| 7 | The Manchester-based singer blasted the comic for parodying him on TV with his madcap character Morrissey the Consumer Monkey . |
| 8 | Among the points he made was the fact that the cost of immunising a child was 7s.6d. , against thirty times that amount for treating him in hospital . |