Example sentences of "of [pron] [adj] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's nothing , I was off on a track of my own for a moment . |
| 2 | The motto of the founders of the Association was ‘ to give of their best for the good of all ’ . |
| 3 | During the time when negotiations with Southwark were still continuing , the Age Concern Research Unit ( ACRU ) had been approached by service-providers ( the consultant psychogeriatrician , the social services department and the local Age Concern organiser ) in Ipswich , Suffolk , with some ideas of their own for a project on the elderly mentally frail . |
| 4 | This little band of Medau enthusiasts decided on a little fund-raising of their own for the team and on 18 May held a sponsored ball bounce . |
| 5 | The contrasting fortunes of share prices and sterling were illustrated by the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index closing within a whisker of its best for the year whilst sterling could manage only a marginal improvement from Thursday 's all-time low against the German mark . |
| 6 | She seemed to be lost in memories of her own for a moment . |
| 7 | She had a plan of her own for the visit , though she decided not to tell Charity about that at this stage . |
| 8 | He normally managed this by allowing himself a few seconds of pure indulgence in sensation and then thinking of something neutral for a while and , if this did n't work , something really horrible . |
| 9 | So many people enjoyed it that we are thinking of something similar for the Christmas holidays . |
| 10 | Tough , modest and possessing an ideal temperament , Phil is renowned for always giving of his best for the Palace cause . |
| 11 | Zoophilus had not been able to acquire a copy of Vial 's plan but he put forward a plan of his own for an animal hospital , for a regular set of teachers forming a school , and provision for receiving living subjects in various states of disease . |
| 12 | He had a date of his own for the foundation of Rome , made direct enquiries about the Penates of Lavinium , described the ritual of the October horse in the Campus Martins , attributed the introduction of coinage to Servius Tullius , etc . |
| 13 | The list shows four predefined styles , but none of them looks enticing , so we 'll define one of our own for a heading . |