Example sentences of "[adv] for [pers pn] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I bought Grace myself while he was away , with just about all the money we 'd got left , to have somewhere for me and the girls . " |
| 2 | The firm 's paying for a rented flat but it 's not really big enough for us and the children . ’ |
| 3 | While it may be exaggerating to say that the Scottish Office is anti-cycling , it has in the past done far less for us than the local authorities have , and despite changes of public opinion the Scottish Office still views cycling as a ( road safety ) problem instead of a solution to traffic congestion which is healthy ( cf. the BMA Report , ‘ Cycling : Towards Health and Safety ’ , 1992 ) , cheap , quick and pollution-free . |
| 4 | You know you 're in for it when the name of Tambimuttu appears . |
| 5 | I 'm not suggesting players should go around collecting yellow cards , but you must have players who are going to get stuck in for you when the going gets tough . |
| 6 | It was a common enough tragedy , but it was a job for the Juvenile Bureau not for him and the sooner one of their officers arrived the better . |
| 7 | The objects of the new system are to enable institutions to develop a greater degree of flexibility and autonomy , and to reduce the amount of paperwork both for them and the Council . |
| 8 | The night skies were star-filled and clear , the only snag as far as we were concerned being the dawn mist which appeared as the sky lightened and the squadron started to return , making visibility difficult to judge , both for us and the aircraft trying to land . |
| 9 | The cup was a warm up for us and the league is what we play . |
| 10 | A parody and a paradox : it is by their very inertia in the ways of the social laid out for them that the masses go beyond its logic and its limits , and destroy its whole edifice . |
| 11 | I do n't need to spell it out for you but the assumption is that he was going back drunk and got hit . |
| 12 | It soon went too fast for him and the village pastor who appeared from the other direction was nearly frightened to death ! |
| 13 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
| 14 | Unfortunately for her and the Sun , so is the judge , who , as Carman knows , has a distinguished war record . |
| 15 | But like just for you to know that , I mean , at the moment , got a slight shortage of staff and , us little Express girlies are like , we 're all sort of desperate to please them well , and because we need to , if a customer rings we 're always there for them and the problem is , I 've got like two phones on my desk at the moment , so , I could guarantee the minute I put my phone down , if anybody else is on the phone ha , bloody phone 's still ringing , I have got to answer it . |
| 16 | Someone takes the hat round for us and the Craig Evans appeal is several pounds better off . |