Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding out that the goods were stolen after receipt is not handling , but if the accused then , for example , sells them , he may have arranged for their disposal for the benefit of another . |
| 2 | And the woman respected for her concern for the sick and deprived is told : ‘ Not to love is not to live , or it is to live a living death . |
| 3 | Now , aspiring judges are called to a room at the western end of the Palace of Westminster overlooking the Thames , and , seated on chairs stamped with the gilt portcullis , interviewed about their suitability for the job . |
| 4 | Even though Garrett was totally immersed in his work for the NASA Space Programme the treasure hunting flame still flickered . |
| 5 | Last year she had come to his school for the first time , and every eye had turned to gape at her long red hair and golden earrings as she swept into the assembly-hall wearing one of her special dresses . |
| 6 | As it was , she went down so badly with flu that she had to be confined to her room for the duration . |
| 7 | She left him there , and went to have a bath : dressed briskly , went downstairs to inspect the damage , had a coffee , looked at her list for the day . |
| 8 | Braniel woman Mrs Alexander Dodds ( centre ) , was presented with her prize for the ‘ Best Garden in the Braniel Estate ’ by judges Mr Albert Crooks and Housing Executive district manager Mrs Lorraine Campbell . |
| 9 | She walked up the path , her sensible shoes making a crunching sound on the gravel , and searched in her handbag for the key to the front door . |
| 10 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 11 | If you are charged with , or convicted of , an offence you must report this immediately to your manager , whether or not the incident is related to your work for the ES . |
| 12 | What actually happened is that my Group said simply that our proposals for 11 to 16 year olds were built on our work for the primary stages , and that it would be absurd for us to bring out our second Report if its proposals were out of tune with the earlier attainment targets . |
| 13 | In this welcoming speech Mr M A Prouten , executive chairman of Brooke Marine , recalled that Searcher was not the first ship to be built at his yard for the Customs Department . |
| 14 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 15 | There was the most profound admiration mingled with her affection for the elder sister who had brought her up ever since their mother 's death , twelve years ago . |
| 16 | Just before the onset of her fatal illness , Lizzie recorded a superb rendering of the North-east witch ballad Alison Gross , got from her father for the Grampian Television film Journey to a Kingdom . |
| 17 | The ministry 's acceptance of EDI technology was reflected in its support for the law passed in December . |
| 18 | But the memory of those sacred bones remained engraved upon my memory for the rest of my life . |
| 19 | This technique has been successfully used in our laboratory for the identification of B virus DNA in previous cases of fatal B virus infection . |
| 20 | He was educated at Dulwich College and was taught Greek there by A. C. Pearson [ q.v. ] who in 1921 was preferred to his pupil for the regius chair at Cambridge . |
| 21 | The emotion of bitterness is conveyed by his metaphor for the granting of his peril , like ‘ Wealthy men who care not how they give ’ . |
| 22 | The success of the document reuse was measured by its support for the production of a new book entitled Hypertext . |
| 23 | HER husband , Tom , has slept by her bedside for the last three months . |
| 24 | Perhaps the attraction was due to the German blood which flowed in the veins of some of my ancestors ; it was no doubt helped by my veneration for the genius of men like Wagner and Goethe . |
| 25 | all well and good , but for twenty year , we should n't be talking about this , when I was in Ireland a couple of years ago the skew over overseer said he had to get rid of his television for the same reason , he er could n't turn it up |
| 26 | In general , however , his contribution to the cinema has been disappointing compared with his work for the legitimate theatre and the opera house . |
| 27 | The music ranges from the familiar to the unknown — from an early opera played in its entirety for the first time to a unique performance of The Messiah where you can actually join in the singing . |
| 28 | In addition to such new network technology , there are also techniques of solving band width problems by compressing data before transferring it and decompressing it afterwards so that it can be displayed in its entirety for the information user . |
| 29 | Are they , for example , based on our concern for the truth , respect for the absolute value of life , our solidarity with the poor and the marginalised and with the realisation that communication is a fundamental human right ? |
| 30 | For instance , when the Yorkshire Television helicopter landed on her doorstep for the first time , it was feared that the experience may be alarming to her , something akin to an alien spaceship settling on to the average suburban lawn . |