Example sentences of "of [pron] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hope of everyone campaigning for the survival of the 130-year-old warship builder is that work will be allowed to continue on three frigates which are at various construction stages . |
| 2 | When I think back it seems to me they were all three of them looking for a groove to settle in — tramlines that would take them somewhere without them having to think where they were going . ’ |
| 3 | In 1954 , for example , one of them called for a majority of Africans to be on the unofficial , i.e. representative , benches of the legislative council within three years and for self-government within twenty to twenty-five years . |
| 4 | The two of them dated for a while , but it did n't work out . |
| 5 | A magnificent crowd of 83 witnessed the ceremony , 32 of them staying for the match . |
| 6 | One of them paused for a moment , inspecting the lid of the last box . |
| 7 | It becomes interesting when it seems that Jane might hit Tom , or when one of them stops for a moment and thinks . |
| 8 | It is possible , and indeed likely , that many of them voted for the party despite some of its specific plans and intentions , and opinion polls sometimes indicate that a majority of those who support a party or government do so while opposing one or more of its particular policies . |
| 9 | He held McAllister 's hand for a little longer than propriety might demand , and the pair of them stood for a moment , rapt , until the surgery boy , who ran the doctor 's errands on his bike , delivered prescriptions and generally did a great deal of donkey work , knocked on the door before he came in , saying excitedly and importantly , ‘ You 're wanted , Dr Neil , sir . |
| 10 | This is shown by the judgment of Lord Greene in Saltman where he said : " If two parties make a contract under which one of them obtains for the purpose of the contract or in connection with it some confidential matter , even though the contract is silent on the matter of confidence the law will imply an obligation to treat that confidential matter in a confidential way as one of the implied terms of the contract ; but the obligation of confidence is not limited to cases where the parties are in a contractual relationship " . |
| 11 | Was each of them waiting for the other to make the next move ? |
| 12 | Two of , two of them departed for a period of six months . |
| 13 | When they first left the house , none of them spoke for a while . |
| 14 | Neither of them spoke for a while . |
| 15 | Neither of them spoke for a moment , then Cassie said : ‘ All the same , I think it 'll have to be ‘ no ’ . |
| 16 | Some of them work for a number of different organisations , and some of this sub-group operate via specialist employment agencies , which act as intermediaries between them and the user organisation . |
| 17 | If you see fit , Father Abbot , let one of them appeal for a judgement . |
| 18 | Presumably you have worked out the cost of someone caring for the child while you are earning a living . |
| 19 | Northampton 's County Ground could be the scene of one upset for the visit of several old boys — including the manager , Trevor Gould — in the ranks of ambitious Aylesbury , the Vauxhall Premier leaders . |
| 20 | Her feet felt like leaden weights , but she eventually managed to take a step , and then another , one hand held out in front of her to feel for the bed . |
| 21 | Similarly , it is shrewd of him to play for the internationalist vote after a prolonged period of sullen Little Englandism during which Labour threatened to withdraw from the Common Market and called into question this country 's role within Nato . |
| 22 | ‘ What can a piece of mine do for an audience that has really come to enjoy one of the great operatic masterpieces of all time ? ’ asks Jonathan Dove . |
| 23 | He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials . |
| 24 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |
| 25 | In the summer holidays of 1952 four of us applied for the job . |
| 26 | Caroline , of Brislington , Bristol , who was treated for cuts to her face , said : ‘ There was a load of us queuing for a taxi after the party . |
| 27 | Some of us needed to go out to the lavatory , and all of us asked for a wash . |
| 28 | That 's when the Caterham goes , eight months after five of us struggled for a weekend to built it in a cramped studio behind the office . |