Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 2 | I have had my eye on you for some time . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've had my eye on it for a while , but as an accountant I like to think I 'm getting a bargain , ’ says Mark . |
| 4 | ‘ If that gelding of yours is any good , I 'll put my hand in my pocket for him for Dolly . |
| 5 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 6 | I shut my eyes and hold my lace to hers for a long time . |
| 7 | I take off my hat to you for many things — not least for the way you have kept the economy going these ten years . |
| 8 | ‘ I am honoured by the prince 's interest — but I doubt not it stems from mere curiosity as to my connection with her for whom he has a brotherly fondness . ’ |
| 9 | I used to do all their printing for them for their photographers . . |
| 10 | That would considerably reduce the turnover of personnel , encourage people to serve in the force and enable us to use their expertise in it for much longer , so that less time will be spent on training . |
| 11 | For it seemed to her then that he was aware that her thoughts were troubled and , when he had no need whatsoever to put himself out , he had decided to take her mind off them for a brief while . |
| 12 | The distinction between the meaning of the word ‘ agent ’ in the common law sense of ‘ special agent ’ and its meaning in what for the want of a better expression I will call its ‘ equitable sense ’ was not expressly pointed out until the judgment of the court was delivered by Slade L.J . |
| 13 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 14 | Hence I keep their captain before them for a show of mastery . |
| 15 | She might not be able to control her anger with her for deceiving Steve so , but she would have to try . |
| 16 | ‘ I am hopeful that we will be able to persuade them to throw in their lot with us for next season . |
| 17 | But the light that filtered through the curtains as she sat up in bed soon convinced her that , unlikely though it seemed , she really had left the discomforts of her hotel behind her for good . |
| 18 | The winner of the best adult joke is Mrs May Jones from Prescot , and a T-shirt is on its way to her for this the Echo office favourite . |
| 19 | The winner of the best adult joke is Mrs May Jones from Prescot , and a T-shirt is on its way to her for this the Echo office favourite . |
| 20 | Like Julia , in the earlier book , Beth catches things ‘ on the hop ’ — almost as a student whose mind is more imaginative than philosophical will react to a first reading of Bishop Berkeley by quickly turning his head , hoping to witness the sudden appearance or disappearance of those external objects which are supposed to depend on his perception of them for their existence . |
| 21 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 22 | The user has attempted to submit his package to himself for approval . |
| 23 | I have seldom , before or since , seen a man spend so much time with his car , be so obsessive about it , put so much work into it , understand it so well and be so unable to divert his attention from it for so much as a minute . |
| 24 | Facing this creature , like a matador in front of a bull , is a man who never takes his eye off it for a moment . |
| 25 | ‘ The sergeant-major has had his eye on you for several weeks , ’ Trentham continued , ‘ and feels you 'd be a good candidate for promotion to lance-corporal . |
| 26 | Mr. Kasner 's explanation in his evidence to me for thus acting and accepting the proposal was the following : |
| 27 | He turned his back on them for a moment , hands planted on his hips . |
| 28 | A girl and her boyfriend had fallen out and he went round to her house the next evening to apologise , taking his dog with him for the walk . |
| 29 | He has planned his reunion with her for so long , that it almost ceases to become real by the time it actually occurs . |
| 30 | Housman then kept his version by him for the rest of his life , not collecting it in A Shropshire Lad , nor in his Last Poems ( 1922 ) . |