Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 2 | There would be no tall good-looking man waiting for them at the Secret Cove and , once there , she found the Place was , indeed , deserted . |
| 3 | Brussels sprouts , baked potatoes , grated cheese , the variation of vegetables in the summer , a tin of vegetarian steak pudding on Sundays and a piece of fruit afterwards is a monotonous but healthy diet , and I ca n't think of many cheaper ways to feed two children and feel you 're doing your best for them at the same time . |
| 4 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
| 5 | It was close in the end but it might have been even tighter if Colbert had n't made way for them on the last stage . |
| 6 | In 1790 a great meeting of tanners held in London elected him to speak for them to the prime minister , William Pitt , concerning the distressed state of the tanning trade ; and in 1793 he wrote to parliament on behalf of Bristol tanners to suggest remedies for the scarcity of the oak bark used in tanning . |
| 7 | At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation . |
| 8 | It would mean a longer walk for them round the northward coil of the river , but that was a small matter once they were out of the town . |
| 9 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 10 | If those who work in the media wish to enjoy the freedom desired for them by the Royal Commission — the freedom to publish facts and opinions which are in the public interest — they may have to forgo some of the comparative freedom they enjoy to publish facts and opinions which are not . |
| 11 | When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel . |
| 12 | ‘ The money we lifted was hardly intended for them in the first place , was it ? ’ |
| 13 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 14 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 15 | Presumably such militias date back to the last years of the Roman period , although there is no evidence for them in the fifth century . |
| 16 | Concern over the standard of living of servicemen was answered by Yeltsin , who detailed provisions for them in the Russian budget . |
| 17 | After leaving school the situation of course is different , although the position of young wage earners in the household may well have depended upon the employment opportunities available for them in the local economy . |
| 18 | In this House it has been easier for Conservative Members in particular to take a dispassionate view of the matter than was possible for them in the previous Parliament , working as they were under the shadow of a General Election and in the aftermath of a traumatic change in leadership . |
| 19 | It is my view , of course , that we have no such idea , and no need of it , since we do not take condition-sets for effects to be merely " enough " for them in the given sense . |
| 20 | " I Charles Gillingham Hamilton M.A. of Stockport in the Borough of Stockport and County of Chester , Clerk , a Clergyman of the Church of England , in priest 's orders and a Graduate of the University of Dublin declare that I will discharge always to the best of my ability the duties of Headmaster of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , and that in case I shall he removed from my Office I will thereupon relinquish all claim to the Office and its future emoluments and I will deliver up possession of the School and my residence to the Trustees and that it shall be lawful for them in the same case without ejectment or other legal process to take possession of my residence and remove myself and my effects therefrom . " |
| 21 | He shepherded the twins aboard without losing either of them down the gap and found seats for them in the same row . |
| 22 | I 've done lots of work for them in the last couple |
| 23 | Regular staff , sometimes nominally of the same grade , provide a sort of supervision for them in the initial period and themselves tend to find that during the peak period they are doing , or doing more consistently , more responsible jobs than during the rest of the year . |
| 24 | A top league of ten clubs is also intended to appease those who were intent on breaking away and forming a Scottish Super League , since there will be a built-in level of autonomy for them within the Scottish league framework . |
| 25 | Nine till one for me on the late show Adrian . |
| 26 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 27 | Anyway , I 'm only being friendly with Dr Rafaelo so that he 'll arrange a meeting for me with the handsome Miguelito . |
| 28 | Particular highlights for me over the last year have included : |
| 29 | She was good at sewing , and managed to make some clothes for me in the thinnest material available . |
| 30 | He thinks there 's a part for me in the new play at the Queen 's . ’ |