Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |
| 2 | I get another star , thing is he does n't actually , I can remember them cos he can read them , I do n't know whether she 's got them wrong for the test it 's a bit of a really is n't it eh ? come on |
| 3 | Otherwise they 're going to have another sleepless night , and we need them fresh for the next stage . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , I allowed Monday to get my eleven for the following week . |
| 5 | I fought my hardest for the Dutch prisoners before the Privy Council this morning , but the tribunal was hopelessly divided , and the anti-Boers prevailed over the pro-Boers . |
| 6 | Except my agent had a will of sponge , so instead of telling the charity committee to go take a bath in some sulphuric acid , I 'd find myself trekking off to Bodmin to give my all for the local branch of the Cats ' Protection League . |
| 7 | ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man : |
| 8 | ‘ When we played Everton I had four people working with me , ’ recalls Biggins , ‘ but now I 'm working on my own for the VAT man . |
| 9 | ‘ Whether you scold me or thank me , I 'll always do my best for the family at all times . |
| 10 | I 'll do my best for the gentleman . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Am I ready for the Eddie ? ’ he snorted . |
| 12 | Nor was I ready for the inconsistent treatment of the subject . |
| 13 | Perhaps it was that which made her avid for the things that money could buy . |
| 14 | Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa . |
| 15 | What a storm Sandy Lyle created by making himself unavailable for the Ryder Cup . |
| 16 | summat warm for the kids . |
| 17 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 18 | No reports of flounder from the Nawddach estuary which has probably seen its worst for the species for more than ten years . |
| 19 | He also proclaimed himself fit for the job and fully recovered from the heart attack that threatened his career over four years ago . |
| 20 | In popularizing this slogan Labour was enormously aided by widespread resentment against ‘ profiteers ’ — a word universally used during the war to describe the conduct of shipowners , food wholesalers , arms contractors , landlords and all the other ‘ Brit-Huns ’ who were said to be exploiting wartime scarcities to line their own pockets while workers and soldiers loyally gave their all for the war effort . |
| 21 | For the last 14 years the show has been put on at the Apollo Theatre , with adoring parents almost filling its eighteen hundred seats as those true troopers give their all for the gang show . |
| 22 | Oh its all for the fantasy , one suspects |
| 23 | John and Josephine McCool explained : ‘ While we wish her well for the future , we can not condone her behaviour over the last number of years when she has associated with loyalist prisoners . |
| 24 | It was anger , she 'd thought suddenly , anger as sharp and cruel as the blade of a knife , as if he 'd held her responsible for the desire so clearly etched into his arrogant , handsome face … |
| 25 | No need to tell them about Charlie and getting married or the unholy row with Mama or the hell that was let loose when she told them she 'd had her medical for the WRNS and if anyone tried to stop her going … |
| 26 | When Faraway Moses , who was once Count St Sylvain and a Black Rider , is captured and imprisoned , Jasper the Terrible , who has made himself responsible for the boy in his own household , offers to release the man who has become like a father to Dick if he will reveal the names of the other Confederates . |
| 27 | Rothbury was probably not himself responsible for the change , merely the executor of a policy determined by others . |
| 28 | ALTHOUGH John Kirwan might be in a honeymoon mood at the moment after the whole All Black team turned up at his recent marriage in Italy ( see pages 54 and 65 ) , his good humour is unlikely to last too long if the NZRFU meeting on December 12 and 13th decides to take action against him over his public announcement that he would not make himself available for the All Blacks if Auckland coach John Hart is not Grizz Wyllie 's successor as national coach . |
| 29 | Another body blow to South African morale was the decision by Jannie Breedt not to make himself available for the tour . |
| 30 | World Cup winning captain Nick Farr-Jones as finally decided to make himself available for the Wallabies ’ domestic Test matches against Scotland and the New Zealand All Blacks . |