Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or for any You ca n't just take it from any time ? |
| 2 | I do n't know that it 's for or against that he dotes on his wife . |
| 3 | People can hold on to seven plus or minus two bits of information and the plus or minus two he called the local factors which are you know whether it 's warm out whether you feel warm or cold or whether or what time of day it is have you just had a heavy lunch whatever it might be . |
| 4 | well not posters , the horsewatch is a prime example where I wanted to look at setting a format in a particular way , and to sit at the side of either Alf or Tracey well now alter it to that or to that I 'm sure they 'd do it , but nevertheless it 's putting them off their work . |
| 5 | As one informant put it , most are not ‘ hardened criminals ’ but uneducated rural dwellers who would rarely show open disrespect to people of higher caste or to those they perceive as ‘ sahibs ’ . |
| 6 | With × 7 the colour contrast between the two Thetas is noticeable , and with × 12 or × 20 it is striking . |
| 7 | For the past ten years she has been teaching part time at Roedean and between 1987–9 she completed a part time M.A. at Sussex University in Northern Renaissance Studies . |
| 8 | ( Confidingly ) Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the Rape of the Sabine Women — or rather woman , or rather Alfred — ( Over his shoulder ) Get your skirt on , Alfred — ( The BOY starts struggling into a female robe. ) … and for eight you can participate . |
| 9 | No one saw Charles and Dimity arrive , and for that they were grateful . |
| 10 | She was very kind to the patients , and for that they would gladly have forgiven her personal idiosyncrasies , if they noticed them , which was unlikely . |
| 11 | He wanted to do a Beatle medley and for that we made four cut-out caricatures of The Beatles in hardboard and painted them and then fitted them on frames and easels so that they could be stood up and moved around . |
| 12 | ‘ At least Farrah is safe and well and for that we are grateful . |
| 13 | I mean , I remember mother saying that , you see mother had never seen the sea till she joined the Guild and they decided to save for an outing , and then the next thing I can remember was that we used to have these stamps every week and I think it come to two and ninepence erm and for that we went to Rhyl . |
| 14 | There was a recognition of the hidden agenda and the response of the Trade Union Movement was overwhelming and for that we are grateful . |
| 15 | ‘ You have been at some personal pains , ’ said the king in the same quiet voice , ‘ to bring us an eye-witness ’ account , and for that we thank you . |
| 16 | And for that we owe you our thanks , ’ acknowledged Matilda , unwittingly turning the knife in her listener 's heart . |
| 17 | We need to develop a good strong home market , and for that we need relatively light taxation so that people have more money in their pockets to spend . |
| 18 | But this is n't the worst of Saddam , I mean , this is er , a human tragedy for all the families involved and it concerns individual lives , and for that we 're always very upset . |
| 19 | It expressed the feelings of many with its claim : " In moral terms we are creditors ; and for that we shall pay $140 million a year for the rest of the twentieth century . " |
| 20 | Now to this week 's competition , and for that we 've the ideal garment for winter sports fans . |
| 21 | to get in , three fifty each and then we paid another six pound , ten P and for that we had popcorn , Minstrels , one large Coke , a lot bigger than that and two small ones , and of course everything 's got like all this on |
| 22 | And for that we 'll pay the girls a retainer if you like to deliver from one customer to thirteen customers on that Saturday . |
| 23 | But one thing , on behalf of the museum services , I would like to thank Doreen Griffiths for the help she gave us in our exhibition , ’ Memories of Change ’ , which you can see in the exhibition room over there , and she contributed a lot of photographs , and her memories , and allowed herself to be taped and have her memories in our archive , and for that we give her a great thank , because it 's not always easy for the , sometimes for the first time to begin talking into a tape-recorder , so we thank her very much , and thank you very much for coming in and performing for us today ! |
| 24 | But the poem of his that he most needed reassurance about was Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) , and for that he had to wait a long time . |
| 25 | I was the first person to take him simply as he was , and for that he showed his gratitude by giving me a light kiss on the cheek in the darkened carriage . |
| 26 | Nicky has to find somewhere to live , and for that he needs money … . |
| 27 | He also underpaid us and for that he will be eternally grateful . ’ |
| 28 | Anna Patricia O'Neil was born at a quarter after two the next morning , so Denis did n't get his Patrick after all , nor even his Denis , but he got his much-loved and hard-worked Hana back and for that he was grateful . |
| 29 | He is so particular about everything , and for that he deservedly gets terrific results . |
| 30 | And for that he was butchered , for that he is dead . |