Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To become an agent , these social secretaries simply have to reverse their roles with the agents who have been selling them acts for the previous few years . |
| 2 | The officials who sent them off from the ports with the loaded railway-wagons gave them rations for the number of days which the grain would in normal times take to its destination . |
| 3 | Miners may strike in support of nurses , but that does n't make them fighters for the equality of women or for women as women . |
| 4 | I had the Count send him my plans for the work I wanted to do on the buildings . |
| 5 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
| 6 | Those are my plans for the future , now it 's time for you to air your views . ’ |
| 7 | This episode has not changed my attitude to the job of managing Celtic and I will be going before the board at a later date to give them my plans for the immediate future . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This episode has not changed my attitude to managing Celtic and I will be going before the board to give them my plans for the future ’ Liam Brady |
| 9 | In my notes for the Raphael Trio 's Unicorn-Kanchana recording of the Beethoven Septet in the composer 's own transcription for piano trio , I drew attention to a small discrepancy between the trio version and the original . |
| 10 | ‘ Keep my products for the time being , will you ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I am only sorry that my requests for the Public Accounts Committee to investigate royal travel costs as well as the cost of the royal palaces was not agreed to . ’ |
| 12 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |
| 13 | ‘ I shut my eyes for the second one , ’ joked MacDonald . |
| 14 | ‘ Please convey my thanks for the help your service station gave me . ’ |
| 15 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 16 | Ed , — I am writing to express , through Link , my thanks for the marvellous gesture by general manager , who instigated a get-together lunch for the Kirkcaldy maltings ' pensioners on . |
| 17 | My thanks for the hospitality and friendliness accorded to myself and my comrades by all concerned . |
| 18 | TO ALL Telecom engineers , please accept my thanks for the effort and care you put into getting our phones back in order . |
| 19 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 20 | And most of all , could I complete my duties for the day without causing a major disturbance ? |
| 21 | My broadcasts for the war effort brought me into contact with the Chinese Ambassador to Canada , Dr Liu Shih Shen , who was , we learned later , a personal friend of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek . |
| 22 | " Nettlerash , " I replied , fumbling among my bottles for the adrenalin . |
| 23 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 24 | Because I am — unlike Anya — neither amateur nor fool , I once again suppress my emotions for the sake of strategic advantage , and say not a word . |
| 25 | I am deeply grateful to my parents for the fact that until I was twelve years old and started at the grammar school , I was completely unaware of class distinctions . |
| 26 | I do n't blame my parents for the way I turned out , I 'm the one responsible . |
| 27 | To cut a long story short , it was n't until Wednesday that I could fit my shoes for the wedding , which was Thursday ! |
| 28 | I never paid my bills for the last month |
| 29 | ‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being . |
| 30 | ‘ Tracey-Elaine , ’ I mouthed , ‘ cancel my appointments for the day . ’ |