Example sentences of "[pers pn] for the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 2 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 3 | I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes . |
| 4 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 5 | He 's been hiding me for the last couple of days . ’ |
| 6 | Five years ago , you nominated me for the National Executive of the Labour Party . |
| 7 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 8 | Once territories have been established by young fans , occupants are physically confined within them for the entire duration of the match . |
| 9 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |
| 10 | Regina Royal Ginseng and Regina Evening Primrose Oil take those two remarkable natural substances and combine them for the first time with Regina 's fresh Royal Jelly . |
| 11 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 12 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 13 | She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week . |
| 14 | Any major phases or colonisation are as likely to have taken place in the seventh , eighth or ninth centuries , as Peter Sawyer has suggested , and therefore to be undocumented , as they are to have happened in the thirteenth century , when we hear of them for the first time from surviving records . |
| 15 | Even more interestingly , I understand that even some of Mrs Thatcher 's friends share this opinion and are proposing — some of them for the first time in their lives — not to vote for the Tories . |
| 16 | I LIKE The Cult , I admire them for the sheer daftness of their post- ‘ Electric ’ output — all gung-ho riffing and ludicrous lyrical conceits — and even found much to savour in the absurdly ambitious ‘ Sonic Temple ’ , where they attempted to sound like all their favourite bands all the way through each song , but ‘ Ceremony ’ is an extremely dull affair . |
| 17 | At one time in the recent past , willow-pattern plates and dishes were very popular , but did people buy them for the sad story of the elopement they depicted , or only because they were fashionable at the time ? |
| 18 | However , having started back at the club it has become apparent that the club has no intention of coaching last season 's players to highlight weaknesses and prepare them for the higher level of rugby . |
| 19 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 20 | ‘ … the impracticability of individual copyright holders administering their performing rights effectively means that membership of a performing right society is the only way in which composers , songwriters and music publishers can adequately protect their rights and receive what is due to them for the public use of their work . ’ |
| 21 | The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk . |
| 22 | As well as coaching many of Britain 's leading international crews , Spracklen is a key member of the Oxford University team , and he will be returning from Canada in March to look after them for the last fortnight before the Boat Race . |
| 23 | I respect them for the medieval certainty of their beliefs and for the casuistical cunning of their arguments . |
| 24 | It 's a comfort , you know ’ — she smiled now — ‘ to think that there 's somebody opposite you for the first meal of the day , even if it 's to have a row with . ’ |
| 25 | Thank you for the recent newsletter from Convocation ; it is always interesting to read of the changes and developments taking place . |
| 26 | ‘ But nothing prepares you for the blinding flash of flares and the noise of the thundercrackers as you run on to the field . |
| 27 | All shale and weeds and winds that picked up speed as they swooped in off the ocean , this strip of barren land prepared you for the final desolation of the Crumbles . |
| 28 | PERSONAL liability of £250,000 to £1 million is advisable to cover you for the legal liability of injuring someone or damaging their property , particularly as insurers report an increase in such claims . |
| 29 | The surveyor will be responsible to you for the stated purpose of the report . |
| 30 | Dear Internal Thought , Thank you for the consoling sympathy about my swollen flesh — it makes me strong again to admit Life 's Aura into my world . |