Example sentences of "[noun] for [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's significant too that , especially in the later Books , Nithard expresses increasing admiration for Louis the German . |
| 2 | The answer to the question ‘ who sold to Z ? ’ depends upon whether Y was a buyer and re-seller or whether he was merely an agent for X. The answer is not helped by the fact that people who are in fact buyers and resellers are often termed in the trade ‘ agents . ’ |
| 3 | Friends raise funds for Mark THE family and friends of autistic five-year-old Mark Mason have raised £1,400 to buy special computer equipment to help him communicate and make better progress at the special school he attends in York . |
| 4 | At the same time it needs to be stressed that despite his close relations with Wagner the man and his reverence for Wagner the artist , Nietzsche 's first-hand acquaintance with his idol 's artistic achievements was in one important respect limited : experience of Wagnerian music drama in its proper theatrical setting was largely denied him . |
| 5 | In the legal battle for Harrods the Law Lords said Lonrho was in contempt of the House of Lords with highly improper behaviour . |
| 6 | Chelsea , the club he joined four days later , are already paying Swindon 120,000 pounds in compensation for Hoddle the manager , but they 'd offered nothing for Hoddle the player , threatening to withdraw his playing contract rather than part with any more money . |
| 7 | A possible Trojan link was claimed by William of Jumièges for William the Conqueror as soon as he became king ; a late eleventh-century genealogy of the counts of Boulogne produced a similar conceit ; and Genealogy IV of the Counts of Flanders , written about 1120 , made them the most important non-royal family to trace its ancestry back to Priam . |
| 8 | AR : Yes , it is the pineapple that Mr Monte , the plantation owner , brought as a gift for Inday the day that she died . |
| 9 | Although he never seems to have performed military service in person for Philip the Fair , he certainly did homage for his French lands in 1300 . |
| 10 | The friend replies that it was A. For Wigner the electron 's wavepacket then collapses into the state in which the spin is definitely " up " . |
| 11 | Racing : Spare a thought for Adams the Monster-maker |
| 12 | Cancer scare operation for Hepburn the screen legend |
| 13 | Finally the contemplative grows to recognise that in his life of love for God the being of God is extended in time : " he is gifte for to knowen and lufen him " ( Scale 2 , 34.111r. – 264 ) . |
| 14 | The first was coming back from a fruitless wait for Gríshnakh the orc , dead and burnt that same day , with the smoke from his burning ‘ seen by many watchful eyes ’ . |
| 15 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 16 | It 's been a busy week : a 21st party for Dawn the dancer , a theatre party where the cast thrashed the crew at charades , dinner with the gentlemen of the orchestra at Browns , a charity dinner and a silly supper with the principals where we all did a party piece . |