Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] 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 | I demand a reply from the Minister about my request for an inquiry into the financial ramifications for Mid Glamorgan TECs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 7 | I got busy with my nose again , then took a sip and gargled it about my mouth for some time . |
| 8 | I have to have a word with Gooseneck about my timetable for this week . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In hospital I never got off my bed for six weeks . |
| 13 | only been off my work for about er seven days . |
| 14 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 15 | ‘ Just keep Toby off my back for a few more days . |
| 16 | It would pay the rent and keep the nice Mr Nassim Nassim off my back for another month . |
| 17 | I did n't get any credit off of my grandmo , off my grandma for Christmas . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | I tried to get the book for my sister-in-law for her birthday but most places were sold out . |
| 25 | What am I gon na get for my money for that ? |
| 26 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 27 | The most beautiful moment was when she asked me for my recipe for Pavlova cake . |
| 28 | And erm I remember I was I was about fifteen now and my young brother was only a little tot about two I think three and I remember my father came in and he did he went straight for my mam for nothing at all . |
| 29 | I 'd been lucky to book one of the two wheelchair spaces with adjacent seats for my family for last Saturday 's final night of the spectacular Robin of Sherwood musical . |
| 30 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |