Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.

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1 I got back to Ingard House a bit after four o'clock , and went up to rooms 207–8 , the offices allotted to us for the purposes of our audit .
2 Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time .
3 We had sergeants and inspectors jumping on us for the least little thing and very often trying to get us into trouble , whereas young fellows learning the job , what we needed was assistance .
4 Polisario announced that its forces had begun to relocate in the assembly areas allocated to them for the period of the ceasefire .
5 However , the number of applications received by him/her for the single fields depends on the ranking .
6 But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with , the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them .
7 One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do .
8 Coming to the end of his account , he remembered the fate of the mason-overseer , Khaemhet , held responsible for the security of the prisoners deputed to him for the journey from the granite quarries to the Southern Capital .
9 If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings .
10 Will my hon. Friend confirm that , if the Government were to introduce proposals to toughen up sentencing policy — to impose stiffer sentences — we could look forward to Opposition Members agreeing with us for the first time ?
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