Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Johnson found little support among them for the reformist policies of the government of the day . |
2 | We stand with them for the last gloomy minutes till the clock strikes the hour . |
3 | It is quite usual to seek translation in tables of regnal years such as those printed in the more common reference books without , perhaps , recognising the historical significance of the system or the traps which lie within it for the unwary . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | We 'll be previewing the new speedway season , there 's a look at the greyhound news and a round up of all the local leagues , so stay with us for the next hour . |
6 | We pray to you for the mastered will , |
7 | We pray to you for the quiet mind , |
8 | We pray to you for the stalwart faith , |
9 | We pray to you for the enlightened imagination , |