Example sentences of "of [pron] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I sent him ahead of me for the six-month quarantine , and the day he got out was one of the best days of my life . ’
2 The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) .
3 Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify .
4 I have n't seen one of them for a long time
5 ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time .
6 I have n't had one of them for a long time .
7 Could do with one of them for a long time , could n't I ?
8 ‘ It has two rooms and she is willing to let your client move into one of them for a short period .
9 Further inquiries , by the CIA , had established that these digital electric timers were prototypes , unique to Meister et Bollier of Zurich , who had made 20 of them for a Libyan intelligence organization in 1985 .
10 That is an inadequate answer , given that more than a year ago there was a severe weather crisis throughout the country , especially in the east midlands district where 2 million people were without supplies , some of them for a considerable period .
11 The ploughs and gritters do their best , of course , but it 's not at all uncommon for the elements to get the better of them for a little while .
12 Lisa had one of them for a little while .
13 Between 1947 and 1952 he produced no less than 300 short films , many of them for the Canadian Government , and on these merits he was appointed Director of Outside Broadcasts , Features and Documentaries with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952 .
14 ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’
15 In 1909 the LCC completely reorganized its school welfare programme and formed a central co-ordinating body with a number of Children 's Care ( School ) Committees on the basis of one for every elementary school .
16 What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving .
17 Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time .
18 I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own .
19 As the organisers could n't find any reason to suppress it or reject it , they dumped the piece behind screens where it could no longer be seen and we lost sight of it for the whole exhibition .
20 The answer to that question , and the implications of it for the British polity of the 1980s , will form the basis of the final chapter .
21 I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves .
22 You do n't really think I risked making a fool of myself for a quick thank-you and a handshake , do you ? ’
23 He does n't have to do anything , but about four Christmas 's ago I had the whole lot down , I had nine of us for the whole Christmas week , erm , Boxing Day I went in the kitchen , two of Diane 's friends had arrived , who lived in London and I went in the kitchen , I 'd had a bad dose of the flu virus that was
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