Example sentences of "for [pers pn] and [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Generally people here can expect more-balanced advice on the best holiday for them and a wider choice than from many mainland agents . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Generally people here can expect more-balanced advice on the best holiday for them and a wider choice than from many mainland agents . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes girls are there because they are very young or they are homeless , sometimes it is because their parents can not cope at home with the responsibility for them and a newborn baby , and in other cases a home takes in and assesses girls whose ability to look after their baby is in question . |
| 4 | However , in a group of 20 or 30 youngsters from the least successful socio-economic background , who have the least going for them and the smallest incomes , the chances are that there will be a greater number of smokers . |
| 5 | But one thing that I would share with you and it 's this , is that whenever the friends of Jesus eat and drink together they remember him his sacrificial love for them and the wonderful gift of freedom that he has made possible . |
| 6 | ( 1986 ) and Morgan Klein ( 1985 ) describe convincingly the conflict which young people in residential care experience between longing for their parents to provide for them and the growing realisation that this may only ever be partial . |
| 7 | It must be like loving someone from afar only to have them turn to us one day , recognizing the love we have held for them and the secret things we have done for them , and returning our love with their own . |
| 8 | It 's a great adventure for me and a big challenge . |
| 9 | Andrew added : ‘ This was the perfect return to domestic rugby for me and a fine display by an experimental side . ’ |
| 10 | Andrew said : ‘ This was the perfect return to domestic rugby for me and a fine display by an experimental side . |
| 11 | For me and the growing number of cavers and potholers , the fascination of Ingleborough is centred on the band of limestone at and below mid-height . |
| 12 | He told Mr Major : ‘ This is a well-deserved honour for you and a great encouragement for all of us who hold the same convictions . ’ |
| 13 | In his message of greetings to Mr Major — in which he used the intimate German du form of address , rather than the formal Sie he uses in exchanges with President Franois Mitterrand — Mr Kohl emphasised that the election result was ‘ a deserved honour for you and a great encouragement for all of us who share the same convictions ’ . |
| 14 | Which is why we needed a new hairstyle for you and a new image . ’ |
| 15 | Spencer was only caught after his victim went scouring the streets of the city looking for him and the other attackers . |
| 16 | Levi , in gratitude to Jesus , gave a party for him and the other disciples , to which a number of Levi 's friends were invited . |
| 17 | The turning point for him and the Soviet Union came in nineteen eighty five , when he succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as the General Secretary ; within one year , he 'd begun in earnest his reform programme , familiarising the world as well as his fellow Soviet citizens with words such as peristroika and glasnost . |
| 18 | It had been such a good idea and all that had resulted from it was a double punishment for her and a complete failure to make anyone believe to Alicia or Daryl had played the trick . |
| 19 | They sent for her and a sick child died . |
| 20 | It was too large for her and the wide sleeves of limp cotton hung from her freckled arms like rags thrown over a stick . |
| 21 | Since a residence order was in substance what the foster mother sought , it was agreed between counsel for her and the local authority : ( a ) that the local authority would not object to the foster mother 's application for a residence order being made before the expiry of the six months period ; ( b ) that the hearing before the judge should be treated as the hearing of that application ; ( c ) that if , in the event , the foster mother were to be given leave to apply for a residence order she would agree to the formal dismissal of her application for judicial review without any penalty as to costs ; but ( d ) that , if leave under the Act were to be refused , it would be open to the foster mother to continue the judical review proceedings . |
| 22 | But little Sylvia had no thoughts of money ; she was delighted with the cake and jelly and with the child-sized table and chair her father had made for her and the knitted doll from her mother . |
| 23 | She hesitated over several , dark , rather unobtrusive garments in one corner , thinking that they looked harmless until two creeping , fog-like hands reached for her and an evil chuckle filled the room , so that she shot back to the room 's centre out of their reach . |
| 24 | A new dress is bought for it and a new sari for the mother . |
| 25 | But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need . |
| 26 | The British people will pay for it and the foreign speculators will profit from it . |
| 27 | Vale boss John Rudge was the happier of the two managers afterwards , saying : ‘ It was a great result for us and a great night all round . |
| 28 | Fairfax 's steward has packed sandwiches for us and an ancient vacuum flask of tea . |
| 29 | The £45,000 does n't seem a lot today , but in 1968 it was a huge sum for us and the annual repayments of £3,500 were an enormous burden upon the struggling K & WVR in the late '60s and early '70s . |