Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) . |
| 2 | The following day , the Committee issued a manifesto expounding its justification for the rising , and appointed General Franco — who , it will be remembered , had been dismissed by the legitimate government of the nation — as chief of the Armies of Morocco and southern Spain . |
| 3 | Is there anybody who needs anything other than a piano to do their scale for an A minor key i.e. Tuesday 's homework . |
| 4 | The softly-spoken Irishman is driven by a desire to prolong his career for as long as possible , having been offered and refused a big financial inducement by United to quit because of his knee problems . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's easy seen you 've not a son or a husband risking his life for that one and her scheming ! ’ |
| 6 | A friend does my hair for me , she 's a freelance hairdresser . |
| 7 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
| 8 | Now , in the absence of team conductor Paul Gascoigne , Clough has a chance to stake his claim for the autumn World Cup climax … if Taylor survives at the home of the New England Patriots . |
| 9 | For Larkins the game represents a chance to book his ticket for Sunday 's Nehru Trophy opener against Sri Lanka . |
| 10 | So , they 've hired you for thirty pence a mile to do their roadwork for them . |
| 11 | The point about a woman using her uterus for financial gain poses two problems . |
| 12 | A woman shows her support for the South West Africa People 's Organisation ( Swapo ) at an election rally in Windhoek . |
| 13 | On a good day you might happen to come across a man taking his dog for exercise . |
| 14 | A man keeps his money for him , giving him a dollar each day . |
| 15 | Th the one that was so bad , where a man used his back for other people to escape by ? |
| 16 | They asked , ‘ Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason ? ’ |
| 17 | PRINCESS Diana was at the centre of a mystery last night after a US paper claimed she had been recorded chatting to a man declaring his love for her . |
| 18 | Whatever the chancellor 's motives , it is a mistake to dismiss his budget for savers as mere window-dressing . |
| 19 | Strathclyde Regional Council , another strong critic of the Touche Ross figures , yesterday issued a statement renewing its call for an independent commission to examine the future of Scottish local government . |
| 20 | The association , all of whose members are required to sign a statement pledging their support for the use of animals in research , is planning to raise the issue with the Medical Research Council . |
| 21 | Swindon needed a win to maintain their push for a play-off spot , but they were denied when Paul Bodin , who made nearly 150 appearances for Bath City on the ground they share with Bristol Rovers , fouled Ian Alexander . |
| 22 | Nevertheless they are constrained from deploying the usual wind-up techniques by their overriding concern to justify their actions and attitudes to someone who disapproved of them but whom they perceived to be in a position to influence their situation for better or worse . |
| 23 | ( As the project has developed , the Coordinating Team has had more confidence in " delaying " a Major award to a school by a year to give it time for further consolidation . ) |
| 24 | Following his talk , Mr Denton has kindly agreed to let us publish a map containing his outline for a Shropshire Metro and has contributed some notes . |
| 25 | After a delicious dinner , Lady Thorneycroft proposed the Loyal Toast , then the Chairman Lady Walters made a speech thanking her team for all their hard work in making the evening such a tremendous success . |
| 26 | We speak of a mother sacrificing her life for her children . |
| 27 | A statute called Quia Emptores ( 1290 ) had enacted that whenever a tenant alienated his land for an estate in fee simple , the alienee should hold , not of the alienor , but of the alienor 's lord . |