Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He finished the season as our top scorer with 23 goals and is an integral part of my plans for next season . ’ |
| 2 | I announced in the House on 26 November my plans for recurrent and capital expenditure on grant-aided colleges . |
| 3 | My plans for 1992-93 provide for an overall increase in my education programme of some 15 per cent . |
| 4 | I have however found it difficult to subscribe to the opinion preferred by the majority of your Lordships that the appeal should be dismissed because the decision of a visitor is not susceptible to judicial review for an error of law , and had prepared a judgment setting out in summary my reasons for this difficulty . |
| 5 | Just six weeks till the end of term because I 've got my books for six weeks and they 've used , date stamped in them is the last day of term ca n't be bad can it ? |
| 6 | I would like to have been watching the expression on his face , having put the question to him so bluntly , but just at that moment I had to slam on my brakes for two gaudily painted trucks , one of them with La Resurrección elaborately painted in red . |
| 7 | I blink my eyes for some inkling of orientation , but the high-pitched multi-signals whine and cascade about in my head just to make things quite clear that they 're not going to be harassed into full-powered service tonight . |
| 8 | Just a quick memo to express my thanks for all that you did on Friday/Saturday . |
| 9 | Durfey may have written the lyrics himself , adding a coded signature to cock a snook at his detractors ( ‘ The Town may da-da-da-m me as a poet , but they sing my songs for all that ’ ) ; or he may conceivably have acted the part himself , for money he appeared to need , and plenty of laughs backstage . |
| 10 | I stopped and listened , straining my ears for any sound above the crashing of the soldiers or the muttered curses as men slipped on the icy ground underfoot . |
| 11 | Say , I 'm counting my calories for that bit of cake ! |
| 12 | It was at Scarborough that the ball shot between my legs for four at third man and I got : ‘ Pick tha ’ bluddy feet up , Mary Quant . ’ |
| 13 | I went dry between my legs for several seconds , then I charged again . |
| 14 | I even wore those same trainers that had been glued to my feet for four and a half months . |
| 15 | I felt good inside , too , because I had been able , in some tangible way , to thank Ron , my girlfriend and my parents for all their help and support . |
| 16 | Chapter Five opens with the information : ‘ Ursula and Kenelm had known my parents for some time , having been introduced originally by a mutual friend . |
| 17 | And then Mr then erm dismissed my concerns for affordable supply in that it had all been said before . |
| 18 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 19 | And cancel all my appointments for this evening . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They 've cancelled my appointments for this morning … . |
| 21 | I went into Diary and I printed out my appointments for next week . |
| 22 | All this week is for is going on appointments I 've made last week , and for setting up my appointments for next week . |
| 23 | It 's given me five clear working days to set up my appointments for next week . |
| 24 | The blood boiled in my veins for some great adventure . ’ |
| 25 | Moreover , there was the sheer pain of the future operations , to permanently deepen my voice and to have my pelvic basin altered to narrow my hips for that distinctively masculine appearance . |
| 26 | My apologies for that , but the central thrust of the article stands . |
| 27 | I had not recognized my feelings for one of the women in the women 's group as being of any significance . |
| 28 | But my diaries for 1949–50 record visits to and from relatives , frequent correspondence with them , and frequent discussion of their affairs , especially their health . |
| 29 | ‘ I have hung up my guns for good . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And they thought barnacles turned into geese , ’ I said , racking my brains for ancient nonsense . |