Example sentences of "[pron] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course these benefits did nothing for the increasing number of lone mothers who were not widows but who were unmarried or , more commonly , divorced or separated . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 3 | When the adjective is one which qualifies sense , one would expect the altered phrase to have become quite useless — perhaps even to be designated as ungrammatical — precisely because such adjectives require exhibition of the properties involved in the noun in order to have their own effect , by combining with those properties ; so , if the noun or pronoun head of the phrase merely indicates entity-hood without mentioning any properties , there is nothing for the sense-qualifying adjective to work on . |
| 4 | And yeah , they 've gone and re-credited me for the fifteen pound ! |
| 5 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
| 6 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 7 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 8 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 9 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 10 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 11 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 12 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 13 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 14 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 15 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 16 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 17 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 18 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 19 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
| 20 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 21 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 22 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 23 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 24 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 25 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 26 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
| 27 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 28 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
| 29 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 30 | So Kenny Parker took over from me for the second half . |