Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 2 | I should have water for some hours yet , but I did n't know how long I 'd be ashore , and as the shingle here seemed fairly hard I reckoned I could get the rubber dinghy to the water even at low tide . |
| 3 | Oh right , I 'll need room for this , that 's handy |
| 4 | Soon , though , we hit a Catch-22 : I could get funding for more equipment if there was a ‘ group ’ organised , but no village women wanted to be organised if they did n't have machines . |
| 5 | I could choose not to do Alfie , but I would n't I 'd never refuse to do Alfie , I 'd like to be fifty years younger so I could play Alfie for another fifty years . |
| 6 | I was split between boxing and football when I was 16 and , at one stage , I wanted to turn professional boxer and thought that , as I was on Norwich 's books and I could n't get a pro boxer 's licence till I was 17 , anyway , I 'd play football for twelve months and then steam into boxing [ he was a double ABA junior finalist ] . |
| 7 | But Tompkins said : ‘ It depends on the ground though at the moment I would favour Newbury for Staunch Friend and Newcastle for Halkopous . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In my treatise , Brother , ’ he said softly , ‘ I will suggest houses for such men . |
| 9 | I can see applications for square-section PVC piping , for instance . |
| 10 | Finally she returns to her original distinction between female , feminine and feminist , and suggests how the relation between them might have implications for possible developments in the practice of philosophy . |
| 11 | When Matey had ventured a favourable comment about his midnight drinking having stopped , he had simply said , ‘ You must thank McAllister for that , ’ and so her influence seemed to be a good one . |
| 12 | You should carry supplies for several days at a time . |
| 13 | You should receive receipts for all payments made which are not weekly . |
| 14 | By rights she should blame Kelly for all of this . |
| 15 | For example , you might suggest surgery for some to prevent occasional arrhythmic death and in others , implantable defibrillators might be indicated . |
| 16 | The first session costs around £35 for one-and-a-half hours and then you 'll pay £25 for subsequent treatments . |
| 17 | Cos you 'll lose marks for that . |
| 18 | Look at any newspaper or magazine , and you 'll see advertisements for personal computers . |
| 19 | You can indeed Daphne , so there you are Rosemary do plant some shrub roses and even if you have n't got room for all of our suggestions I hope you 'll find room for two or three of them . |
| 20 | YOU 'LL find food for all tastes and a whole range of shops and stores . |
| 21 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
| 22 | And because I knew a lot of people , you 'd do things for different motives . |
| 23 | Why graft your arse off for a full week to make £130 , when you could make £150 for one day 's shoplifting ? |
| 24 | In private practice you could provide services for large , corporate clients , or for private individuals and small businesses . |
| 25 | And you used to get sixpence for that . |
| 26 | My God , she would have vengeance for this ! |
| 27 | You would n't pay the whole of it taxable if it was you know you would claim expenses for one thing and another . |
| 28 | There follows a specimen clause as to costs : In the event of the proposed acquisition not proceeding , either because you withdraw from the transaction or because management or their financiers withdraw because of some material item coming to light of which they were not previously aware , or because contract details can not be reasonably agreed ; then you will reimburse management for all reasonable costs incurred by them with their advisers and financiers . |
| 29 | At once you will have indulgence for all the sins which you confess with a contrite heart . |
| 30 | Mrs talked about four , we 've actually agreed that there should be more homes on the list than four er for prospective refurbishment and Mr has stood up and protested that he did not produce the figures , but Professor still says you will produce figures for this and you will produce figures for that , none of us do that we all get our figures from the same place but we all get inconsistent figures . |