Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nothing my father says can enter my brain for the words already in there screaming : Murdering toad . |
| 32 | The only thing I worry about is losing the touch , losing my enjoyment for the game . |
| 33 | Sir , — I would like to make known my support for the devolution of Scotland . |
| 34 | I was not of that minority , but the argument sharpened my concern for the education of the most-talented pupils — a concern that was to run through my last years in Banbury and into my work in Oxford . |
| 35 | Well folks , Here is my virgin entry into the world of the Leeds-United mailing list ( not counting my plea for the Leeds-Crewe score on Saturday whilst shackled to a PC ) . |
| 36 | ‘ … spare my life for the love of Heaven as I spared yours , ’ rejoined the girl , clinging to him . |
| 37 | Later , in my cabin , I treated myself to a long , languorous Omnipure sauna before turning at last to the task of choosing my outfit for the meeting with the Emissary . |
| 38 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 39 | As for my right hon. Friend 's personal position , may I express my admiration for the frank and manly way in which he has offered his resignation ? |
| 40 | I hope you will print my letter for the benefit of the young women who think they are in love and are willing to overlook ‘ a few things ’ because they are afraid that they ca n't live without the guy . |
| 41 | When I write my diary for the year my starter course at the Fermette Marboeuf will be at the top of my list of outstanding dishes . |
| 42 | Then I could walk home in daylight , but at bedtime I still searched my room for the murderer , who wore a black leather built-up surgical boot that swung and lurched down thick-pile carpets towards his victims . |
| 43 | ‘ I do n't see why I ca n't continue my run for the seniors , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm taking nothing for granted . ’ |
| 44 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 45 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 46 | I sacrificed my family for the sake of seven terrorists who were planning bombing raids in some of America 's major cities . |
| 47 | I drove out of Newtown and went to begin my search for the mysterious man on the moor . |
| 48 | But gradually I beat my craving for the drug . ’ |