Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Musicians knock 'em for six |
| 2 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 3 | Petal DK , a long established yarn in 100g balls with a lustre effect has four new designs to support it for 1992 . |
| 4 | Di wrote to her after the ceremony thanking her for all the work she had done for fellow cancer sufferers and for raising £40,000 towards the centre . |
| 5 | And David says it for all of us , I was born in sin and shapen in inequity . |
| 6 | It has now been decided to write to Rangers asking for their views on statements attributed to the three men since Ferguson 's club dropped him for disciplinary reasons , after which it came to light that Murray had spoken to United 's manager/chairman , Jim Mclean , about buying the Scotland internationalist . |
| 7 | After completing the orchestral score , Reger reworked it for two pianos , but this version for piano duet has more of the original material . |
| 8 | Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler . |
| 9 | Much as their fans loved them for all their quirks , the aesthetics and comfort of a ground did not cross the mind of many football directors . |
| 10 | Bob Willis 's Test career came to a sad end at Headingley in 1984 , as Michael Holding hit him for five sixes . |
| 11 | He had the impertinence to berate me for knee-jerk reactions on behalf of the Government when he opposes absolutely everything that the Government do , however sensible it obviously is . |
| 12 | No eyes beheld them for any of its windows ; no one beat a carpet or scraped a cauldron or swilled out their slops . |
| 13 | Where Ann wrote it for last year , for my ri |
| 14 | A week later , poor Walsh was involved in another traumatic final over as Pakistan despatched him for 14 to win off the final ball . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 16 | Mr Singleton sold them for two pounds each . |
| 17 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 18 | The borough council blames them for serious defects found in the building . |
| 19 | I remember , one bloke , mind-reader he was — Steenie booked him for some Variety bill , forget where it was now . |
| 20 | Luton 's Philip Gray replaces him for next Wednesday 's qualifier against Denmark . |
| 21 | His lips twisted in scorn , and Lissa hated him for that look . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , dear , you do n't want to hear my stories , ’ he would say when Benny and Eve plagued him for some information . |
| 23 | I think Simon blamed her for this . ’ |
| 24 | have managers been made adequately aware of the potential of the system and given help to use it for strategic and management control decision making ? |
| 25 | Having decided how long the intervention is to last , ask the parents to run it for that time and then immediately return to the baseline condition . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 27 | A variety of possible contributing factors have been put forward : that biological factors make women more vulnerable than men ; that women are socially disadvantaged by the roles they are expected to perform , and psychologically disadvantaged by socialization preparing them for these roles ; that women express their emotions more readily ; and that health professionals are more likely to equate feminine characteristics with ill health ( Weissman and Klerman , 1977 ; Penfold and Walker , 1984 ; Corob , 1987 ) . |
| 28 | Doubts about the genuineness of his own faith troubled him for many years . |
| 29 | She liked Clara because Clara was bright , and for no other reason : she had no need to like her for any other reason , as she was well equipped with a busy social life and a lover . |
| 30 | BSDI 's motion to dismiss , which makes significant use of the Xerox/Apple precedent , claims USL 's failure to sue them for any patent , trade secret or copyright infringement , or even allege such a violation , taints their case . |