Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I allowed Monday to get my eleven for the following week . |
| 2 | I fought my hardest for the Dutch prisoners before the Privy Council this morning , but the tribunal was hopelessly divided , and the anti-Boers prevailed over the pro-Boers . |
| 3 | Except my agent had a will of sponge , so instead of telling the charity committee to go take a bath in some sulphuric acid , I 'd find myself trekking off to Bodmin to give my all for the local branch of the Cats ' Protection League . |
| 4 | ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man : |
| 5 | ‘ When we played Everton I had four people working with me , ’ recalls Biggins , ‘ but now I 'm working on my own for the VAT man . |
| 6 | ‘ Whether you scold me or thank me , I 'll always do my best for the family at all times . |
| 7 | I 'll do my best for the gentleman . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps it was that which made her avid for the things that money could buy . |
| 9 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 10 | No reports of flounder from the Nawddach estuary which has probably seen its worst for the species for more than ten years . |
| 11 | In popularizing this slogan Labour was enormously aided by widespread resentment against ‘ profiteers ’ — a word universally used during the war to describe the conduct of shipowners , food wholesalers , arms contractors , landlords and all the other ‘ Brit-Huns ’ who were said to be exploiting wartime scarcities to line their own pockets while workers and soldiers loyally gave their all for the war effort . |
| 12 | For the last 14 years the show has been put on at the Apollo Theatre , with adoring parents almost filling its eighteen hundred seats as those true troopers give their all for the gang show . |
| 13 | Oh its all for the fantasy , one suspects |
| 14 | John and Josephine McCool explained : ‘ While we wish her well for the future , we can not condone her behaviour over the last number of years when she has associated with loyalist prisoners . |
| 15 | It was anger , she 'd thought suddenly , anger as sharp and cruel as the blade of a knife , as if he 'd held her responsible for the desire so clearly etched into his arrogant , handsome face … |
| 16 | No need to tell them about Charlie and getting married or the unholy row with Mama or the hell that was let loose when she told them she 'd had her medical for the WRNS and if anyone tried to stop her going … |
| 17 | One can only ponder at the ethics of an industry which for thirty years slaughtered dolphins in their millions for the sake of saving 2 cents per can , and then requires an ‘ epic ’ debate to change its source of supply . |
| 18 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 19 | Young people striking out on their own for the first time frequently do not have transport and colleges or universities are not always situated in city centres . |
| 20 | Although they 're among the poorest people in the community , many feel better off than they 've ever been — they 've got money , time and friends of their own for the first time . |
| 21 | This little band of Medau enthusiasts decided on a little fund-raising of their own for the team and on 18 May held a sponsored ball bounce . |
| 22 | If there is n't a collection though , an official one , they 'll have one of their own for the |
| 23 | I 'm going to get some sleep , then I need to keep her amused for the rest of the day . |
| 24 | For , as Raymond Briggs once said , in Maus the cartoon book holds its own for the first time against all-comers as a literary medium . |
| 25 | Apart from the 2.5 litre for the diesel Scorpio which is bought from PSA , Ford produces its own for the Fiesta , Escort , Orion , and Sierra . |
| 26 | Outmoded by the plastics for smaller kites , it comes into its own for the big stuff as , for example , replica Cody man lifters , or the large Baden-Powell ‘ Levitor ’ where , in turn , it replaces the bamboo spars in the original pioneer designs . |
| 27 | In addition to the national objectives such as Health of the Nation , Patient 's Charter and Caring for People , NEHA has identified specific targets of its own for the coming year . |
| 28 | Questions are frequently divided into two or more parts , and this division raises difficulties of its own for the inexpert candidate . |
| 29 | Solar heating does come into its own for the fairly specialised use of heating water for swimming pools and can make a contribution to heating the domestic hot water . |
| 30 | She had a plan of her own for the visit , though she decided not to tell Charity about that at this stage . |