Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thanked her and left after slipping the coin down my stocking for safe keeping . |
| 2 | With my responsibility for small firms , the House will not be surprised that I for one would robustly defend the exemption level and the fact that it helps small firms in the industry . |
| 3 | Indeed without any wish to evade my responsibility for subsequent events , I think I may fairly claim that in everything I did in re Karen and her husband I was market-led . |
| 4 | My enthusiasm for economic and political union is therefore built quite simply on the financial interests of our nation . |
| 5 | You did not just give me my money for passing ! |
| 6 | These days there 's a mastic type compound for every situation , and my favourite for external use us a one-part polysulphide , available in cartridge form for use in a skeleton gun . |
| 7 | I shall go to antenatal classes where I shall nourish my obsession for natural childbirth . |
| 8 | My Home for Unmarried Mothers in the village will soon be ready . |
| 9 | Then you 've got to think of your references problem is the job that I 'm applying for is working in the school and my reference for primary school is Redland School cos that 's where I was I thought ooh yes that would be laugh if I apply for Redland School yeah great so it 's gon na come under wor work experience and reference I do n't know you can put |
| 10 | ‘ Raindrops had to fall on my head for real like everybody else — I do n't really wish to talk about those things , now we are over it . |
| 11 | Thus in my planning for subsequent lessons , the person in the drama who might die of cancer was never played by anyone in the group . |
| 12 | Actually , in all semi-seriousness , knowing my penchant for warm furry places . |
| 13 | I can not promise to make you into a world authority on ingredients , but I do hope to share my passion for good food with you , and to inspire you to try a different type of tea or a new way of serving pasta . |
| 14 | tab four and five my Lord for supplementary authorities . |
| 15 | I want you and everything to do with you out of my life for good ! ’ |
| 16 | I then found my application for financial assistance for part-time study had been rejected ‘ because anthropology is not on the approved list of subjects ( in the Circular ) ’ ( Memo from HQ 1977 ) . |
| 17 | But it seems my taste for traditional sex objects is terribly old-fashioned . |
| 18 | Foliar feeding may be good for emergencies , but not in my book for basic cultivation of roses . |
| 19 | ‘ In some ways this was when I began to get my reputation for complete irritability . |
| 20 | My thirst for real travel was to have its very modest beginnings on the railways of the Midlands when I was at B.P. My journeying consisted of little trips to neighbouring towns within a radius of fifty miles north , south , east and west of Bletchley . |
| 21 | He believed an , as yet unidentifiable , soccer manager was using my house for adulterous purposes with a young female on his staff . |
| 22 | I recently had to treat my tank for White Spot , which seems to have cleared up , but my Emperor Angelfish is still scratching , although there is no external sign of White Spot . |
| 23 | ‘ A lot of women would n't have the nerve to wear this , possum ( how they wish they 'd had my recipe for stretch-mark ointment ) but I feel I have to thrust ahead at the forefront of fashion . |
| 24 | Her marriage had continued to slide downhill until eventually , after being evicted from the house , she divorced my stepfather for persistent cruelty , and took a job as the live-in caretaker of a seedy block of flats . |
| 25 | Its directors have expressed their enthusiasm for European integration and have established a network of contacts and agreements with other countries , setting up new types of collaboration and programmes for joint and travelling exhibitions . |
| 26 | ‘ Boy labour ’ in all spheres was a transient period of employment , and even in the more essential areas of work boys would lose their jobs — whether as ‘ nippers ’ or ‘ handy lads ’ in factories , or as van boys and messenger boys — when they reached early maturity and lost their enthusiasm for boyish wages . |
| 27 | Cliff Paul and Barry Sheppard began taking in paying guests as an extension of their enthusiasm for entertaining friends . |
| 28 | Well , not too radical actually , since trades unionists are not noted for their enthusiasm for rapid change . |
| 29 | After the glimpse of Scandinavia through Riborg , and later the experience of Hungary , Jane was so far carried away by her enthusiasm for classless freedom , the beauty of northern landscapes , plus the humorous awareness of the central European people , that when a Finn crossed her path , she was fair game . |
| 30 | Though viewed by many as a relic of the 1890s , she never lost her enthusiasm for new artistic trends . |