Example sentences of "[pron] for the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Join everyone for the party of the year in the Daten Sports and Social Club on Wednesday , 31st March . |
| 2 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 3 | Historically there seems to be no doubt that the English Common Law required nothing for the celebration of a marriage beyond the declared agreement of the parties , which might take the form either of a declaration of present intention , or of a promise to marry followed by actual union . |
| 4 | Her apparent cry of anguish last week that John Major has treated her legacy without due reverence is not convincing ; the old bat cares nothing for the well-being of the Conservative Party or indeed Conservative government . |
| 5 | It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions . |
| 6 | Such was the message Lewis passed on , himself saying nothing for the moment of his own extraordinarily exciting find , but agreeing to pick up Morse in about ten minutes ' time , after briefly reporting in to St Aldate 's . |
| 7 | Firstly , I have been in football management long enough to know that team changes at this late stage will do nothing for the confidence of existing players . |
| 8 | Making it hard for directors to talk to outsiders will also do nothing for the cause of good management . |
| 9 | The differences are deep and go far back into history , but while I have been a Minister dealing with the economy and the environment I have always had the greatest possible collaboration from all the parties in Northern Ireland , which have always worked cheek by jowl with one another and with me for the benefit of all the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , Dacre came to find me for the purpose of asking my permission to address you , ’ said Kirtlington . |
| 11 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 12 | He will be long remembered , valued and respected by me for the development of a movement which firmly established " People 's Art " as part of the expectation of education for each person and especially for children . |
| 13 | Rather more than 20 years ago , over a lunch in Staff House , I was persuaded by three eminent lecturers of this University to allow them to nominate me for the Council of Consumers ' Association . |
| 14 | He often says unkind things to me , blaming me for the break-up of our marriage and accusing me of being a useless wife . |
| 15 | It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers . |
| 16 | ‘ But it means you work for me for the rest of your life to pay me back . ’ |
| 17 | With a Raleigh-esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red-faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . |
| 18 | I understand all right , and if you think you 're going to live off me for the rest of your life you 're mistaken . |
| 19 | ‘ He had three years with John Edwards , but we bought him back for 5,600gns a year last June and he will be with me for the rest of his days . ’ |
| 20 | But the band stuck by me , worked out a routine with me , and busked through it with me for the rest of the run . |
| 21 | ‘ This is something which will haunt me for the rest of my life . |
| 22 | Thus it was that , as I was wheeled perspiring into the editor 's office , that the first words ever spoken to me by an NME bigwig will remain with me for the rest of my life . |
| 23 | You aroused an interest for me in literature which has been a resource to me for the rest of my life and a source of real enjoyment . |
| 24 | THEY WILL INFLUENCE ME FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS . |
| 25 | They will influence me for the rest of my days . |
| 26 | This was the start of the parrot legend which stuck to me for the rest of my career . |
| 27 | ‘ The safest place in the world … and the world is where we 'll go for our honeymoon , because I 'm determined to get that travel bug out of you so you 'll stay safe and happy with me for the rest of our lives ! ’ |
| 28 | I need you to love me and make me whole , to live with me for the rest of our lives and be the pride of my heart and the mother of my children … ’ |
| 29 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 30 | ‘ People will not remember me for the amount of money I have accumulated so much as the titles I have won . |