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Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] for the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The officials who sent them off from the ports with the loaded railway-wagons gave them rations for the number of days which the grain would in normal times take to its destination .
2	Miners may strike in support of nurses , but that does n't make them fighters for the equality of women or for women as women .
3	I had the Count send him my plans for the work I wanted to do on the buildings .
4	Those are my plans for the future , now it 's time for you to air your views . ’
5	In my notes for the Raphael Trio 's Unicorn-Kanchana recording of the Beethoven Septet in the composer 's own transcription for piano trio , I drew attention to a small discrepancy between the trio version and the original .
6	‘ Keep my products for the time being , will you ? ’
7	I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations .
8	My thanks for the hospitality and friendliness accorded to myself and my comrades by all concerned .
9	‘ Please convey my thanks for the help your service station gave me . ’
10	TO ALL Telecom engineers , please accept my thanks for the effort and care you put into getting our phones back in order .
11	There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London .
12	And most of all , could I complete my duties for the day without causing a major disturbance ?
13	My broadcasts for the war effort brought me into contact with the Chinese Ambassador to Canada , Dr Liu Shih Shen , who was , we learned later , a personal friend of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek .
14	" Nettlerash , " I replied , fumbling among my bottles for the adrenalin .
15	Because I am — unlike Anya — neither amateur nor fool , I once again suppress my emotions for the sake of strategic advantage , and say not a word .
16	I do n't blame my parents for the way I turned out , I 'm the one responsible .
17	I am deeply grateful to my parents for the fact that until I was twelve years old and started at the grammar school , I was completely unaware of class distinctions .
18	To cut a long story short , it was n't until Wednesday that I could fit my shoes for the wedding , which was Thursday !
19	‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being .
20	‘ Tracey-Elaine , ’ I mouthed , ‘ cancel my appointments for the day . ’
21	here are my targets for the period , right ?
22	We are setting ourselves targets for the time we take to make decisions on papers submitted to us and then to publish the papers .
23	‘ I came back because I felt I owed it to County Durham , many of my ideas for the book were inspired here , ’ he said .
24	Again , my apologies for the delay and for the negative response .
25	Please accept my apologies for the damage done to one of your photos .
26	Groups of helenium , phlox and perennial gypsophila sown last year are now providing welcome colour and are my favourites for the house .
27	Now I am never ashamed of anything , for I consider shame to be a bourgeois and petty emotion , but this was the one occasion when I felt ashamed of myself , and I have never forgotten how sad it made me to have denied my principles for the sake of friendship and love — or what I imagined to be love .
28	To continue my predictions for the future .
29	My qualifications for the job I leave to you . "
30	But my instructions for the lads have always been that if you go to a job for a lady particularly and then a man comes along and starts to get stroppy , you 'll have to explain to the lady you may have to leave it temporarily and go back .