Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By identifying these two fundamental factors and offering a realistic proposition ( higher quality at lower prices ) , rather than a ‘ free ’ this or a ‘ free ’ that , Wilson & Glick have already gained the confidence of hundreds of satisfied customers for whom value for money and quality at an affordable price are the main criteria . |
| 2 | I might say that the members of the panel have actually read all your submissions , so do n't feel obliged to go through them word for word in the same way as for example , you might be presenting a proof at a planning enquiry . |
| 3 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 4 | He said nothing to me about my fears for my sanity and behaved as if what we were doing were a common exercise , undertaken for purely scientific purposes . |
| 5 | I demand a reply from the Minister about my request for an inquiry into the financial ramifications for Mid Glamorgan TECs . |
| 6 | It 's iniquitous , ’ he said on a shaky breath , ‘ that because of them , I ca n't even tell my own parents — let alone Naylor or Will or Hugo — about my love for her . |
| 7 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 8 | I got busy with my nose again , then took a sip and gargled it about my mouth for some time . |
| 9 | I have to have a word with Gooseneck about my timetable for this week . ’ |
| 10 | It struck me one day , walking through the busy market near her home , that I had n't thought about my weight for over a month , that I had been eating without really worrying about it , and that all sorts of desires were surfacing — that the protective layer of my obsession was peeling away . |
| 11 | During my researches for material to complete this book I have found that railwaymen in particular have been reluctant to allow their names to be used in a story , and have sometimes insisted that even the name of the location be changed ; perhaps they fear leg pulling from their workmates ! |
| 12 | During my researches for this series I did not meet a single person who thought that teaching excellence receives adequate recognition in the medical world . |
| 13 | During my researches for this series I have met many people who , though agreeing with the theory behind the reforms of British medical education proposed by the General Medical Council and other bodies , do not think that reforms can be implemented on a wide scale . |
| 14 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 15 | I regret that during my research for this debate I found that , in the field of computers , one of the least well-equipped police forces is that in my own area , Greater Manchester . |
| 16 | In hospital I never got off my bed for six weeks . |
| 17 | only been off my work for about er seven days . |
| 18 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 19 | ‘ Just keep Toby off my back for a few more days . |
| 20 | It would pay the rent and keep the nice Mr Nassim Nassim off my back for another month . |
| 21 | I did n't get any credit off of my grandmo , off my grandma for Christmas . |
| 22 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 23 | Ernest Bevin 's 1933 articles in The New Clarion , later published as My Plan for 2,000,000 Workless , argued that a new state pension of £1 per week ( single person ) and £1 15s 0d per week ( married couple ) paid at the age of 65 to all earning up to £1,000 per annum , on condition of retirement from work , would induce withdrawal from the labour market of the estimated 350,000 existing pensioners aged 65–9 working in industry . |
| 24 | All is silent — the sun is set and as the branches of the woodland trees reflect in the gentle water of the pool I feel the whole of existence draw closer around me as my capacity for description dissolves into an experience of the infinite . |
| 25 | ‘ You knew I was unworldly and naïve , and you were clever enough to know how to appeal to me : through children , through my longing for family , my sexual inexperience . |
| 26 | In looking through my cases for examples of problems that I 've experienced with 50 millesimals I am conscious that aggravations are not one ! |
| 27 | Before taking my temperature I was neither allowed to breathe through my mouth for ten minutes nor to take food or drink for half an hour . |
| 28 | She gave up the branch chairmanship of the Civil and Public Servants union in 1990 after 10 years and said of her multi-purpose role : ‘ My husband used to say our lounge was like an office on Sunday nights when I was sorting through my paperwork for the week . ’ |
| 29 | I tried to get the book for my sister-in-law for her birthday but most places were sold out . |
| 30 | What am I gon na get for my money for that ? |