Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use a sunscreen with a SPF greater than 10 from 6 months onwards , and then only let them stay in the sun for short periods . |
| 2 | Many of them are made by floating the freshly gathered blossoms on pure water and then allowing them to sit in the sunshine for a few hours . |
| 3 | This does n't apply , however , if you 're only offering them a small amount of food to keep them hanging around the sett for a little longer than usual . |
| 4 | Cool as you like , Paul bloody Lexington has asked me to sit in the wings for the entire run of this play and feed Micky Banks his lines ! ’ |
| 5 | They are political constraints , particularly with the U N , they are political ones when one considers government to government aid , I mean at the moment for instance the British Administration will only give large , significant amounts of emergency relief to countries which are already recipients of British development aid . |
| 6 | Well I think it 's very important Robert because , I mean as the charter for the arts indicated look at the money that local authorities are spending upstairs to us and really you know we , we are |
| 7 | ‘ I lived in the north-east for six years , first in Connecticut , then in Pennsylvania . |
| 8 | I sit in the waiting-room for over an hour . |
| 9 | I peer into the rain for a glimpse of Storskarfjell , but it is all wet misery to the south . |
| 10 | My hands were shaking as I got into the raft for the second time . |
| 11 | I wandered round the galleries for a while for the dinner was both spoilt and finished . |
| 12 | In meditation I see that my fellow man is my friend and I try to think of him in the way Thoreau thought when he said , ‘ I knock on the earth for my friend . ’ |
| 13 | I stopped at the church for my lunch , sitting on a hot tombstone looking out across the fields to Semer Water . |
| 14 | I stopped in the lane for a moment , as I often do , before I climbed the steps to the front door , and looked in through the windows . |
| 15 | Once I banged on the wall for the Canadian 's attention and got no reply . |
| 16 | I stop at the chemist for that great big bottle , gangbusters green , my ticket home . |
| 17 | So I came to the dinner for 20 minutes and sat with the sponsors . |
| 18 | Master Vechey was here when Brother Athelstan and I came to the house for the first time . |
| 19 | If I say ‘ Prostitution is on the increase ’ I express my belief that it is on the increase , but what I put upon the mat for discussion is not my holding the belief , but rather the state of affairs , which I hold to be actual , but which others may not , of prostitution being on the increase . |
| 20 | Now some rolls I put in the oven for dinner have burned ! |
| 21 | And I listen at the wall for sounds from Jancey , but it 's as quiet as a pillow , and she 's obviously gone to bed . |
| 22 | Then I strolled around the city for a couple of hours , knowing that Dana would not be awake before noon . |
| 23 | ‘ At present I look to the judiciary for advice on the time to be served to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence and to the Parole Board for advice on risk . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been away so long I felt a bit like the new boy walking into the old school when I arrived at the studio for Carry On Columbus , ’ he admits . |
| 25 | ‘ I paid for the rent for the villa , which I arranged myself with a Belgian count who owned it , and also paid the air fares for all the Mellors , ’ she said . |
| 26 | I bequeath to the Association for the Propagation of the Faith , English Branch , the sum of £ and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or National Director ( for the time being ) shall be a good discharge . |
| 27 | Fishing into my green Marks & Spencer carrier bag I found some biscuits and an apple , some old sandwiches , which I threw into the water for the fish — and oh yes , there was still some dandelion wine left . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 29 | I rolled out of bed at eight o'clock and went to the bathroom where I turned on the taps for a hot bath . |
| 30 | I stand in the queue for one of the new-fangled ticket machines clutching my one pound coin , but when it 's my turn , the dot matrix display has changed suddenly from CHANGE GIVEN to EXACT MONEY ONLY . |