Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector . |
| 2 | Others go in a vain search for it on the sabbath . |
| 3 | So unless er anyone has any direct questions for me from the meeting erm |
| 4 | We are including an extra pack of two coarse discs for you in the pack — worth £2.69 . |
| 5 | He was good enough to organize a complimentary flight for me on the Imperial Airways ' flying boat which plied the sea and air routes between Long Island Sound and Bermuda several times each week . |
| 6 | The beneficial effect of a caring and nurturing mother is often stressed , assuring a high position for her in the family . |
| 7 | We were invited to Stuart Johnston 's retirement party in the English Department ( Stuart met us off the ship when we first arrived in NZ , in 1969 ) ; but Val did n't make the party as she tripped in a gutter and pulled her ankle ( she got free treatment for it from the doctor , thanks to NZ 's Accident Compensation scheme ! ) . |
| 8 | The island is named after a daughter of King Bela IV who pledged to build a Dominican convent for her on the island if the Mongols could be defeated . |
| 9 | There were distinct advantages for me in the relationship . |
| 10 | Although belated , the gesture will win Mr Kaifu kudos in Washington , and guarantee a warm welcome for him at the London summit of rich countries ' leaders in July . |
| 11 | Erm I got , I mean , er er , she 's , she 's like part-time canvassing for me at the moment . |
| 12 | When the King received it he asked the Ferrars to make a similar Concordance for him of the Books of Chronicles and Kings , so as to present them as a single narrative . |
| 13 | Although it felt like a miraculous coincidence for us at the time , it was more that we were all ready to grapple with this issue in our lives . |
| 14 | While Mr David Waddington does not intend to use his office to promote capital punishment , and will maintain the tradition of a free vote for MPs , his intervention in a renewed debate would provide the most passionate support for it from the Government front bench since it was abolished in 1965 . |
| 15 | ‘ I know if I happen to find a bunch that 's been thrown out 'cause it 's past its best , I can likely get a threepenny piece for it at the railway station . |
| 16 | Especially with songs like Too Much , which was in an unusual key for us at the time . |
| 17 | There had been no conscious pleasure for him in the attack . |
| 18 | Much of this he was to achieve , though he received little thanks for it from the Parisians who , in large part , remained hostile to the regime . |
| 19 | They ate well , but she got little thanks for it from the mistress of the hut . |
| 20 | There is no reliable diagnostic test for it in the living animal . |
| 21 | We choose the most likely meaning for it from the text . |
| 22 | We choose the most likely meaning for it from the world , and in this case the meaning is contextual . |
| 23 | It is questionable whether it would be a topmost priority for us in the context of present economic circumstances to urge a substantial increase in the overall funding of postgraduate study . |
| 24 | He was thinking of Madra pouring beer for him at the last one . |
| 25 | He was not sure if he should tip-toe slowly and cautiously along until he reached the lower grounds of Old Ashfield , or make a sudden dash for it in the hope of outrunning any danger that might be waiting to pounce . |
| 26 | And ou and going back to Mr Heselton , he has said i , I 've got a negative factor for him at the moment in terms of minus eight fifty , but let let me let me take the figure which is actually quoted in the County Council 's table of nine fifty dwellings . |
| 27 | The rough had been allowed to get really high and that was n't good news for us in the first round . |
| 28 | Bombay has been a good ground for me in the past , but we need to put in a better performance than we have been doing . |
| 29 | He was toying with the idea of bifocal spectacles on the eve of his appointment as Ambassador to France , and the future held a key role for him in the drafting of the American Constitution . |
| 30 | Parlour said : ‘ I 'm well pleased with my performance — this is a great win for us after the start we 've had . ’ |