Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun] [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , for instance , would Ken have in common with Andrew Ray , who was then just twenty-three years old ( Ken was now forty ) and who made known and very clear the attraction he felt for a pretty girl ? |
| 2 | I would go for every time better the devil you know for that reason alone really |
| 3 | Those are only the qualities he looks for in the people who work for him , though . |
| 4 | Shortly after , the Watch Committee decided unanimously that Henry Peck was no longer the man they wanted for Chief Constable . |
| 5 | As she passed him to put away the files she hesitated for a moment , and instantly his hand shot out to take hers in a crushing grip . |
| 6 | This they did , and they then determined the nucleotide sequence of the gene , and thus the protein it codes for . |
| 7 | You are not doing anything wrong — its just the price you pay for keeping these species of fish . |
| 8 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 9 | Yes I think it 's fair to say at the moment that , that , that is being looked at Mr Trotter , together with er the broader range of issues on the er the operating concept er for E F two thousand but it is of course standard practice to buy not just the number you need for the front line but to buy sufficient aircraft to keep that front line in field for about twenty five , thirty years , whatever the life of the aircraft happens to be , taking account of er attrition , taking account of training requirements and engineering needs and support needs and all that kind of thing and all that work er is , has been done , is being done at the moment and er final figures will be put to that in in due course . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's just the horse you need for a competitive race like the Andy Capp Handicap . ’ |
| 11 | But I had an exceptionally receptive class last year , so I decided to knit two adult size backs in Fair Isle , which is normally the fabric I use for ‘ cut and sew ’ . |
| 12 | in particular and , and some put gateway effect and possibly the ramble you see for example on the A twelve at Brandon in , er , er Brentham rather is something that we feel we could do readily and in the near future , so an element of that is calming in the very foreseeable future , more comprehensive traffic calming a little further into the horizon and I 'm afraid the bypass some time much further into the horizon , I think Chairman , I hope that er Miss that 's an adequate summary of our discussion . |
| 13 | and they absconded it , and the dog has n't a hope in hell and also the ones you get for the kids , when you sit in them they sit up like little chairs do n't they ? |
| 14 | Similarly , it is reasonable to suppose that many of the haves will be among the most ruthless of society , and will pass on their inhumane ethic to their children , thereby perpetuating it : is this really the future we wish for our species ? |
| 15 | ‘ Really known , I mean … not as a daughter knows her father , however deep the affection she holds for him . |
| 16 | We can see no merit in repeating here the reasons he gave for that decision since he pronounced his findings in that case in public , pursuant to rule 11(2) of the Hearings before the Visitors Rules 1991 , and the reasons were complex . |
| 17 | Sometimes the fee he paid for joining was expressed to be payment for a consignment of the goods which the scheme was supposed to be marketing . |
| 18 | A radar beam is one that you send out and it bounces off the thing you 're trying to measure the distance of and then the beam comes back and is picked up again and you measure the time between the beam going out and the beam coming back , and that 's twice the time it takes for the beam to get to the object and back again . |
| 19 | The crowds have not spat out his name with quite the virulence they showed for Mr Milos Jakes and Mr Miroslav Stepan , the Prague party supremo , in their last days , but there has always been an underlying , almost universal contempt . |
| 20 | If they 're whingeing because they have n't got quite the times they hoped for , then let them complain into your shell-like ear for a change . |
| 21 | She returned to the bedroom , slipped on pants and bra , then the overalls she wore for the factory . |
| 22 | I find that the qualifications she would have got was either the degree she hoped for or a Higher National Diploma for reasons which I shall now set out . |
| 23 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 24 | ‘ Until very recently the bedroom he intended for Inez and himself was fully furnished , the bed made , pyjamas laid out , fresh flowers and a ticking clock on the bedside table . |
| 25 | But seriously the work we do for the union is only one part of the equation . |
| 26 | The Report itself is , as it says , largely a description of the present situation ; its value is therefore the opportunity it offers for new proposals to come forward . |
| 27 | Certainly the saw he bought for the mill I think that has great prospects and you know there 's no two ways about it , it could help production and ease the work of the workforce . |