Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | the general administration of the trust is ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom ; and 2. the trustees or a majority of them for the time being are not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( TCGA 1992 , s69(1) ) . |
| 2 | He made a pun on it for the title of his revue Cranks . |
| 3 | Sometimes it was important to spoil oneself — Helena had written a piece on it for the last issue of Athene , explaining that when women felt the need for a little luxury they should give in to it , that pampering oneself created an inner glow which proclaimed that this was a Special Woman . |
| 4 | I know we got a mention in it for the museum and that was , oh did you get your keepsake ? |
| 5 | Though he knew the press would be sending a photographer to take a picture of him for the financial pages of the newspaper , he suspected that their main interest was in Hank . |
| 6 | It is contained in the old aphorism ‘ the child is father to the man ’ , and expresses the belief that a child 's experiences in the early years will leave a mark on him for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | ‘ And we have n't had a penny from them for the past two years or more . |
| 8 | He will have debtors : his bank is a debtor to him for the amount standing to his credit ; his investments of money are claims to receive payment from the State or from corporations or individuals . |
| 9 | And then ( as he stood and stared through the window at the magazine ) Boy imagined sleeping with these men , actually sleeping , sharing a bed with them for the night . |
| 10 | You aroused an interest for me in literature which has been a resource to me for the rest of my life and a source of real enjoyment . |
| 11 | From 1823 onwards he built over twenty in the region , a number of them for the commissioners for building new churches established under the Million Pound Act , and in 1829 he was appointed surveyor to York Minster . |
| 12 | Others are saying , a lot of them for the last few years have been saying , this is ridiculous . |
| 13 | And two companies with strong Australian transport interests , Britannic Shipping and Playmaker , have agreed sponsorship deals worth nearly £100,000 a year between them for the next three years . |
| 14 | She did not understand that he was mocking her , or that he would take such a revenge on her for the pleasure he found in her . |
| 15 | And Wright , whose misery over the weekend was compounded when he wasted a glorious chance to rescue a point for Arsenal , added : ‘ Some people are just having a go at me for the sake of it and it 's beginning to get to me . ’ |