Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 2 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 3 | Pressed more closely he told me that for a number of years Laura had lived an almost schizophrenic life , symbolized by two quite different wardrobes — one for her parents , ‘ the Goody-Twoshoes suits ’ , the other for what she believed to be her real self . |
| 4 | Oh I do n't mind paying you , it 'd cost me that for a bloody taxi . |
| 5 | you owe me that for a year . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | And when I erm , first got them cos my granny got me some for a birthday present |
| 9 | Otherwise they 're going to have another sleepless night , and we need them fresh for the next stage . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Am I ready for the Eddie ? ’ he snorted . |
| 11 | Nor was I ready for the inconsistent treatment of the subject . |
| 12 | ‘ These new lambs would die if I could n't keep them warm for a while . |
| 13 | They gie ye half-price for a cholera . |
| 14 | In a small club in Hamilton , Ontario , he jammed with them onstage for a few nights . |
| 15 | Miss Harker stared at them uncomprehending for a second . |
| 16 | Unfortunately the position makes them ideal for the kid to cut over and leap frog over , especially straight into the oncoming traffic and the er bearers . |
| 17 | They 're a damn sight more efficient than this I 'll tell you that for a start |
| 18 | And he ai n't ! is not gon na , I tell you that for a start ! |
| 19 | Are you due for a screen test ? |
| 20 | ‘ Are n't you grateful for the money ? ’ |
| 21 | Shildon said : ‘ Are you free for a meeting this evening ? ’ |
| 22 | I 'm not offering you this for the sake of your pretty brown eyes , Folly — it 's a business proposition , pure and simple . |
| 23 | I gave you three for the bird box , you got ta deliver me a bird box |
| 24 | FAMILIARITY with reports of cocaine barons , death squads and street children will still leave you unprepared for the stories captured by Alonso Salazar in his collection of interviews with the teenage contract killers of Medellin , their families and their opponents . |
| 25 | Get you fit for the dancing . |
| 26 | You okay for a minute mum ? |
| 27 | ‘ There will be enough wages to keep you all for a few weeks at least , until you have a chance to find another situation . |
| 28 | ‘ May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the good work you are doing and assure you of my prayers . ’ |
| 29 | Before doing so I write to thank you all for the Loyal support and encouragement you have given to me during the past 14 years . |
| 30 | Finally , my renewed thanks to you all for the generous support you have given to your parishes and the diocese as a whole . |