Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In looking through my cases for examples of problems that I 've experienced with 50 millesimals I am conscious that aggravations are not one ! |
| 6 | ‘ So much for my plans for running away from you . |
| 7 | Sent off for my tickets for the aforementioned match on Monday , only to find out on Tuesday that it 's been postponed ( effin Bright ) . |
| 8 | I went dry between my legs for several seconds , then I charged again . |
| 9 | It was at Scarborough that the ball shot between my legs for four at third man and I got : ‘ Pick tha ’ bluddy feet up , Mary Quant . ’ |
| 10 | Between my arguments for him and young Richard 's against , I doubt not that Hubert will get his way . ’ |
| 11 | Companies House has bowed to pressure from MPs and the business community and agreed to send ex gratia payments to companies that were forced to pay a late filing penalty after their accounts for the period to 30 September 1991 were delivered to Companies House on 31 July 1992 . |
| 12 | They would be free from slavery , from work they were unsuited to do , but they lost a way of life , they had to look after their children for longer , they had to find other work to keep the family fed , clothed , rent paid etc . |
| 13 | ‘ I was looking after her chickens for her until she came home , ’ Liam had cried in the chapel . |
| 14 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But if you wish to retire ca n't you find some other member of your family to look after your nieces for you ? ’ |
| 16 | What is the point of only taking what you need and looking after your resources for the future , if they are simply going to be swiped by somebody else ? |
| 17 | Not the ideal circumstances in which to hire someone who is to look after your children for a couple of years or more … ’ |
| 18 | I looked after Papa all that time you went off with Arkwright , and I 've tried to look after your children for you now . |
| 19 | It 's one thing to leave your children with a couple you know and trust , but quite another to have a man you only know through a babysitting circle look after your children for an evening . |
| 20 | A review of SSAP 13 by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in January 1992 expressed the view that : ‘ SSAP 13 ( Revised ) was a relatively small step towards requiring companies to disclose more information about their plans for the future . |
| 21 | Because she knew she swelled and paled , in the grip of her look , she smiled even more and then invited them to start talking about their plans for their future home , which they did at once , and ceased to notice her . |
| 22 | Sometimes an extremely simple technique is sufficient — for example Coveney ( 1986 ) reports that he obtained enough data to allow him to study quantitatively different ways of expressing future time in the French verb , simply by asking speakers about their plans for the future . |
| 23 | They talked about their plans for a few minutes . |
| 24 | It required those LEAs who had not already done so to submit to the Secretaries of State , by the end of the year , information about their plans for making their schools comprehensive . |
| 25 | When Mr Rowland bid for the group in 1981 , he and his colleagues were grilled by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission about their plans for Harrods . |
| 26 | Shelley told her about their plans for a regular baby clinic and surveys of children and old people . |
| 27 | In his view , they should be able to undertake more thorough investigations and be placed in a position to ask children and parents about their plans for the future . |
| 28 | Often people are unclear themselves about their motives for doing something so even if you question them you may not reveal the real motive . |
| 29 | He had been planning to talk to scientists there about their fears for the future when the project ends . |
| 30 | While at the hospital Mr Cook spoke to staff about their fears for the future when the trust comes into operation . |