Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I went down , I went somewhere else there was a few places I saw them so erm I said to , I said to Robert now you know those shirts , that shirt I bought you for Christmas ? |
| 2 | The relatively high completion rates for the ‘ Other NSEs ’ reflects the fact that this includes students with ‘ professional , nursing , technical or secretarial qualifications ’ The pattern which emerges is that students who have been selected on the basis of success in some form of study which prepares them for the demands which will be placed on them in higher education respond as least as well if not better than the traditionally qualified A-level entrants , while those with less evidence of success of this kind find the transition to higher education difficult and are more likely to drop-out . |
| 3 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 4 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 5 | Er like when you go out and catch mackerel you use it for fresh bait then . |
| 6 | On their return to the hotel , the three were caught climbing a security fence by armed guards who mistook them for Scotland fans . |
| 7 | Bond is still despised by Burnley supporters who blame him for the club 's demise after his season in charge eight years ago . |
| 8 | Taskopruzade 's grandfather , for example , studied under Molla Yegan , probably at some time alter 839/1435–6 , and it was Molla Yegan who recommended him for the post at Taskopru . |
| 9 | That 's the cardigan we bought you for Christmas |
| 10 | Small things delighted him ; when Bowler 's mother knitted him a sweater he wore it for a period continuously . |
| 11 | The rewards for those working in BP come in the quality of the opportunities it gives us for the future . |
| 12 | Just keep half the gram he lent you for your own use , and sell the rest . |
| 13 | Such studies are rare since they require an examination of media practices and content as well as a critical assessment of the media 's presentation of the ‘ real world ’ — an assessment which takes it for granted that the media do not reproduce ‘ reality ’ in a pure form ; their use of language and images as well as the working practices of journalists inevitably refract ‘ reality ’ , so ‘ distorting ’ it . |
| 14 | I think it 's important to understand that all my work is about demystification — both of the self and of the medical and family discourses which defined me for much of my life . |
| 15 | Within this work ethic , girls are encouraged to accept tasks in Youth Training Scheme ( YTS ) institutional care programmes which prepare them for often distasteful and uncomfortable future roles as unskilled care staff ( Bates 1991 ) . |
| 16 | Towards the end of Year II , some students undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for Year III and for the world of work beyond graduation . |
| 17 | Towards the end of the second year some major or joint students of History undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for the final year and for the world of work . |
| 18 | ‘ At that point , ’ says Colonel Gordon Wilkinson MHCIMA , deputy director , Army catering , ‘ they go back to St Omer barracks , Aldershot , home of Army catering since the Army Catering Corps was formed in 1941 , to take the 12-week advanced chef 's course which prepares them for shift manager level in a kitchen . |
| 19 | It was an experience which steeled him for the future task of having as many as a dozen major country houses under construction in any one year . |
| 20 | Raising standards ; by guaranteeing that all pupils get a balanced curriculum which prepares them for adult life ; and by setting objectives over the full range of abilities — via ‘ attainment targets ’ backed up with appropriate assessment arrangements . |
| 21 | He has a vision of it as a vehicle which prepares us for the presence of God . ’ |
| 22 | Denis Healey , nevertheless , had to contend with a wide range of critics , from socialists such as Benn who claimed that his successes resulted from such right-wing nostrums as a wage freeze and cutting public spending , to the monetarists of the Policy Studies Committee who attacked him for being far too dirigiste . |
| 23 | She told magistrates that she had been into town and was late getting the car back home to her parents who needed it for an important appointment . |
| 24 | The dealer was taken away for questioning , and the painting was confiscated by the Gemäldegalerie who kept it for six months , attempting to resolve the situation themselves . |
| 25 | The Turner was given to the Royal Holloway — which occupies a 800-room Grade I listed building — in 1883 by its founder , Thomas Holloway , a Victorian philanthropist who bought it for £3,675 . |
| 26 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 27 | Nigel is by no means the fool she took him for . |
| 28 | Search consultants joining companies who hired them for search : |
| 29 | I was not proposing to ask her about her relationship , or lack of it , with Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson , or to what degree she blamed them for the unexpected and , at the time , unwelcome change in her life . |
| 30 | Fishing is also a sport , although the chaps who do it for a livelihood in trawlers are not included in the sporting fraternity . |