Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told them , ‘ Everyone had a codename in those days and , because of my admiration for the Irish struggle for Independence , I chose ‘ Michael ’ , a name I called myself after Michael Collins . ’ |
| 2 | I yield to no one in my admiration for the great Iron Duke himself , but my favourite general of the Napoleonic wars was General Kutuzov . |
| 3 | As for my right hon. Friend 's personal position , may I express my admiration for the frank and manly way in which he has offered his resignation ? |
| 4 | Now … in my enthusiasm for the anecdotal aspect of all this I have neglected to mention the other half of Goffmann 's analysis of remedial procedure . |
| 5 | That was due to my enthusiasm for the excellent achievements of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister at Maastricht . |
| 6 | My search for the right kind of toy cannon . |
| 7 | I drove out of Newtown and went to begin my search for the mysterious man on the moor . |
| 8 | My ambition for the Royal Court is simply to create the most exciting theatre in London . |
| 9 | It is thus that I arrive at my multiplier for the whole life of eighteen . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 11 | These mountains fall to the east to the flat expanse of the plateau , where San'a , the ancient capital , rests : my home for the following two and a half years . |
| 12 | Ed , — Thank you very much for sending the LINK magazine to my husband for the past few years . |
| 13 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 14 | In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey . |
| 15 | It was no help to discover that I was not alone in my distaste for the new order because , along with the ever-present sexism , I had to fight the crueller jibes of ageism . |
| 16 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 17 | The season of 1983 began with another skirmish with Frank Dick over my non-selection for the European Indoor Championships . |
| 18 | I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm . |
| 19 | Subject : My choice for the new team |
| 20 | My choice for the new look team as I posted before is as follows |
| 21 | Whilst I have already made clear my preference for the breakaway top eye float , there are times when the simpler tube type drifter works better . |
| 22 | She twinkled with pleasure as I wove a windmill-tilting , dragon-vanquishing saga of my quest for the frothy and elusive grail . |
| 23 | In Los Angeles , where I lectured for a living , I pursued my fascination for the harmonic patterns and golden-mean ratios which run so consistently through the sacred art , music and architecture of both Western and oriental mystical traditions . |
| 24 | ‘ That fucker , my father-in-law , will ruin my erection for the whole day , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Is my symbol for the integrated session of good quality and well presented ? |
| 26 | Here 's my table for the basic cast-on sequence . |
| 27 | Some thought that far too many opulent and now half-empty movie palaces had been built for the elusive fashionable trade whilst others detected a more general dulling of the palate as the masses lost their enthusiasm for the old stories and seemed all too ready for something new . |
| 28 | Hilton warns her not to skimp these obligatory verbal prayers in her enthusiasm for the new contemplation . |
| 29 | Her enthusiasm for the social programme is astonishing . |
| 30 | EUROPEAN Community leaders will move quickly this week to reassure the Soviet Union that their support for the future ‘ unity ’ of the German people at the weekend EC summit is conditional on the maintenance of peace and stability in Europe . |