Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in August , as the selectors were putting together their plans for the winter , I started saying to Gatt : ‘ Why the bloody hell has he got that end , I want it . ’ |
| 2 | For a moment he imagined he was in another world , a simple uncomplicated world : a world where there was no place down below in the valley where men were being prepared for war ; that there was no place in Northumberland where a woman sat in a room all day with only her thoughts for company ; that there was no one called Carrie Smith ; that the world had dwindled and there was only this secluded garden and a secluded house , as had been said , with the hills to the back of it and the river at its feet and two women so unalike , yet alike : so understanding , so thoughtful of each other , and not only of each other , but of him . |
| 3 | And , with his words ringing in her ears , she fled up the stairs , not relaxing until she was warmly cocooned in bed , with only her thoughts for company . |
| 4 | But the great behind-the-scenes event of the Blackpool conference has been the secret series of meetings between Norman Lamont , the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , and spending ministers to whittle down their bids for spending next year . |
| 5 | Citizens who had the orthodox Soviet version of Ukrainian history rammed down their throats for decades are now being told a completely different version , arguably also coloured by the political prejudices of its authors . |
| 6 | The SSA would not normally condone betting , but for a good cause head office staff are positively encouraged to have a flutter by SSA chairman On February 5 around 8O people put down their stakes for four horse and four videoed greyhound races . |
| 7 | They had true grievances to settle and were ready to lay down their lives for vengeance . |
| 8 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 9 | It 's an annual ritual for the National Trust , as they close down their properties for the winter break . |
| 10 | Remember here that some people do not like seeing you write down their words for it interrupts their flow of thought . |
| 11 | They use only their fore-wings for flight . |
| 12 | The Old World tropical fruit bats have good vision , and most of them use only their eyes for finding their way around . |
| 13 | international interdependence especially its implications for fiscal and monetary policy , exchange rates , commercial policy , energy and the price of oil , and the European Community as a policy-coordinating and economic system . |
| 14 | Anyway , the Club that runs the slope — Sweden 's largest skiclub — is reported to be enthused with its British bristles and will , no doubt , want to shut down its snowguns for good . |
| 15 | On April 12 the ANC published a 32-page document laying down its principles for a post-apartheid constitution . |
| 16 | However , the Treasury which in the past several weeks has been preparing economic forecasts for inclusion in the November autumn statement seems almost certain to revise down its estimates for economic growth next year . |
| 17 | America can not afford to let down its blacks for much longer . |
| 18 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 19 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 20 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 21 | At the same time as the number of old people in the population is rising , several factors are operating that have tended to reduce the ability of the family to cater for the needs of old people , especially their needs for care and companionship . |
| 22 | Qualified Teachers are invited to send in their requests for next year 's programme by 20th July either to Jean Parmiter or the Office . |
| 23 | Choreographers who would like to produce an item for presentation on stage at the Festival are invited to send in their ideas for items with the following themes : |
| 24 | This was on ‘ the night of the long knives ’ , when Macmillan dismissed seven of his Cabinet ( including Eccles ) and provoked the remark from Jeremy Thorpe : ‘ Greater love hath no man than this , that a man lay down his friends for his life . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ GREATER LOVE hath no man than that he lays down his jokes for his Prime Minister , ’ a Cabinet minister said in Blackpool on hearing of the sacrifice made by Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 26 | Denis Healey Greater love hath no man than that he lays down his jokes for his Prime Minister . |
| 27 | He kept remarking on Jeremy 's resourcefulness : shreds of silver indicated that he had used his survival blanket , and he had also stuffed leaves down his trousers for insulation . |
| 28 | In Churchill 's speech in Zurich in 1946 he laid down his ideas for a ‘ kind of United States of Europe ’ : ‘ The first step in the re-creation of the European family must be a partnership between France and Germany . |
| 29 | Beecher , safe in Brooklyn , began sending not only his prayers for the abolitionists but arms in boxes labelled Bibles . |
| 30 | Write down your payoffs for being a martyr . |