Example sentences of "[adj] for [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zaidie 's deposition , it should be added , contained a statement that about 20 or 21 December 1986 , on Zaidie 's return from his honeymoon in Miami , the defendant had telephoned him and had said he was sorry for the threats he had made against the lives of Zaidie and Paulette . |
| 2 | I do n't know wen I 'll see you agen , but I 'm sorry for the things I did , and I 'm ashamd . |
| 3 | I felt sorry for the gypsies you know in Cross Street |
| 4 | Erm that 's putting it bluntly because erm obviously being a volunteer is a sort of two way thing , we could n't run without volunteers , we 're very grateful for the ones we 've got but So it 's clearly a matter of whether you decide and whether you like the way we like to run things or or not . |
| 5 | ‘ We are very grateful for the donations we receive from charitable organisations like BLISS , but in the last two to three years there has been an additional £800,000 investment in special baby care units from Mersey region . ’ |
| 6 | When Edward suggested they dance Sally was grateful for the lessons she had endured in the school gymnasium with Miss Smart the games teacher yelling ‘ slow , slow , quick quick , slow ’ in time to the music . |
| 7 | Her little shriek was cut off with unerring accuracy by the simple expedient of covering her mouth with his , and she gave up her struggles and surrendered , her foolish heart only too grateful for the crumbs he offered . |
| 8 | It is a shocking scene , because it starts by involving the audience in its raw eroticism and then turns on them , so that they feel guilty for the stirrings they have inevitably been experiencing . |
| 9 | My Lords , I agree with my noble and learned friend , Lord Keith of Kinkel , whose draft speech I have had the opportunity to read , that for the reasons he gives the appeal should be allowed and the questions answered in the way he proposes . |
| 10 | First thing is that they would n't actually be able to do that for the reasons you 've stated . |
| 11 | Answer guide : In this case it would seem that for the cars they should be depreciated over four years as they are unlikely to do 60,000 miles . |
| 12 | But is Mr Kinnock wise , having trimmed — having trimmed to a wiser policy , but all the same egregiously trimmed — is he wise to insist that the British people respect Labour for the changes it has made ? |
| 13 | The results of the test are instructive , but as much for the complications they reveal as for any neat conclusion . |
| 14 | Forte chief executive Rocco Forte , who was elected unopposed as first president of the BHRCA , told the AGM at London 's Inn on the Park that the new name ‘ is more appropriate for the challenges we will face in the future ’ . |
| 15 | These quotations hint at a number of important dimensions to policing in Northern Ireland : that policemen and women in the RUC have common-sense conceptualizations of their role , with some defining it in terms of community service ; that they have sets of standardized guide-lines , what Schutz ( 1967 ) calls ‘ recipes ’ , appropriate for the situations they handle ; that they make , and try to maintain , a distinction between work and leisure ; and that they employ various distancing strategies to cope with the demands of their job . |
| 16 | Lucrative for the clubs they may be but the omens for their success are not good . |
| 17 | That in turn threatens the worst for the teams they face , Cardiff being the first to dip their toe in the water . |
| 18 | It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource . |
| 19 | Her ambition to be a painter was thwarted by acute shortness of sight which made her turn to gardening , ‘ making pictures with living plants ’ to use her own words ; and she became famous for the gardens she created and the books she wrote . |
| 20 | Some of the paintings of the city are fascinating for the changes they highlight . |
| 21 | Edward , who was depressed already , homesick for the bodies he was being forced to leave , agreed without agreeing and shook hands listlessly . |
| 22 | They may also find one or two of the papers unnecessarily long for the points they convey . |
| 23 | Sartori had been indulgent for the weeks they 'd been together . |
| 24 | Here 's your chance to air your views and put your questions to the people responsible for the programmes you hear on Radio 2 ! |
| 25 | A chance to air your views and put your questions to the people responsible for the programmes you hear on Radio 2 . |
| 26 | Wise parents give their children increasing freedom to do so , in order that they may gain experience before the time comes for them to be fully responsible for the choices they make . |
| 27 | The regulation of pension funds tends to be far lighter than for insurance companies as they are bound by trust legislation , and because the companies that offer pensions have an incentive to make sure that schemes are adequately administered as they are responsible for the benefits they have agreed upon for their employees ( even though they rarely run the fund themselves ) . |
| 28 | I am responsible for the deaths he has listed . ’ |
| 29 | This important legal ruling that the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for the crimes they committed helped to ensure that another uneducated deaf woman was punished for the infanticide of her child . |
| 30 | As Dispensary physician almost the whole burden of the epidemic fell on his shoulders and the women of Aberdeen turned against him , holding him responsible for the facts he revealed , and disputing his fervent belief in the efficacy of purging and heavy bleeding which were ‘ repugnant to popular opinion ’ . |