Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parley was unproductive , with Miles demanding unconditional surrender of all arms and Joseph requesting that his people be allowed to return peaceably to the Wallowa , while returning half their guns for hunting . |
| 2 | The Kiwis struggled after losing half their batsmen for only 44 , including opener John Wright for a second-ball duck and skipper Martin Crowe for 18 . |
| 3 | And I was just squeezin maself into a five and a half when Moira McVitie round the crescent in the cul de sac comes by and shouts out ‘ Hiya there Verena is that you trying on some fuck-me shoes for yer man gettin back . ’ |
| 4 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , I find that all my reasons for postponing giving birth still apply : I do n't particularly like children ; I value my independence , the freedom to come and go , the open doors ; I want to write , and literary history tells me that my chances of succeeding as a writer and a mother are pitiful ; I hate and fear the nuclear family , the stifling atmosphere , the exploited wife and mother , the generation gap . |
| 6 | I 'd run away if I could , but I 've no money of my own ; they do n't even give me an allowance , but pay all my bills for me . |
| 7 | He wired all my lamps for me and fixed my washing machine . ’ |
| 8 | May I therefore pass on to the Prime Minister the good wishes of all my constituents for his efforts at Maastricht and hope that when he has finished there he will come up to Derbyshire and tell us all about it ? |
| 9 | And cancel all my appointments for this evening . ’ |
| 10 | I 've got ta tape all my conversations for a week . |
| 11 | It would be agreeable to report that on at last sighting the ocean I , like Vasco Núñez , promptly prayed a lot , rejoiced even more , cut down a fine tree and erected a cross , then had the expedition secretary carefully write down the names of all my companions for posterity . |
| 12 | Not wishing to leave the city when their studies were over , they asked all their friends for unwanted books and opened the shop in November 1940 . |
| 13 | Malcolm and Judy Carvell would like to thank all their friends for the wonderful surprise party arranged for their return from Australia , especially Millie , Wendy , Debbie and Olga , and hope everyone enjoyed the evening as much as they did . |
| 14 | Others , such as Bulgaria and Cuba , have tested all their citizens for HIV . |
| 15 | They 'd almost had to turn her down because all their openings for the summer had already been filled . |
| 16 | Well you know , you 've only got to get maybe smallpox back again and that will knock all their predictions for six . |
| 17 | When people spare all their energies for the company , the Profitboss spares no little profit for their welfare . |
| 18 | He is worried , however , that the team which won the East Championship so well could be broken up if Chelmsford insist on retaining all their players for friendly matches . |
| 19 | And , as Dalgliesh had heard him argue , for all their demands for equality of status and opportunity , putting them in the front line behind the riot shields , taking the petrol bombs , the hurled stones and now the bullets , only made the job of their male colleagues even more onerous . |
| 20 | The girls at school were horrified : all their collections for presents and prayers after announcements at morning assembly had been wasted . |
| 21 | We shall pay all their expenses for the rest of their lives and an inspector will visit annually ’ . |
| 22 | Everyone is so grateful to the fund raisers and all their supporters for their remarkable efforts . |
| 23 | All of these things Beth constantly reminded herself of ; together with the fact that she was now a married woman and should reserve all her thoughts for the man who had put a ring on her finger , even though she had a son , and both of Maisie 's children . |
| 24 | Luke Calder was n't going to get a chance to disrupt all her plans for the future . |
| 25 | They all her clothes for her |
| 26 | She said goodnight a second time , and ran downstairs again , to wrestle with all her preparations for the morrow . |
| 27 | By the outbreak of the revolution in France this confused situation with all its potentialities for dispute and conflict had been largely rationalised . |
| 28 | At the same time as this was happening , that is to say between the late to midseventies , the Government announced its ‘ fight against inflation ’ with all its consequences for local government spending . |
| 29 | As many as possible would cluster at that end , and the stalls would thin out quickly as one went northwards away from the abbey towards the open country , with all its dangers for the peaceful trader . |
| 30 | After the village has met all its needs for fodder , the energy potential of the remaining crop wastes and animal wastes is enough to fuel the village ( for cooking , pumping water , making fertilisers ) and still leave a surplus . |