Example sentences of "[adj] of [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then we split up , half of us for the safe houses round the lakes and the rest of us headed into the mountains . |
| 2 | Even more interestingly , I understand that even some of Mrs Thatcher 's friends share this opinion and are proposing — some of them for the first time in their lives — not to vote for the Tories . |
| 3 | Apart from joining us for the evening meal and when she ran short of pesetas , we saw little of her for the rest of the holiday . |
| 4 | Hollywood 's worst in the movie line has recruited hundreds of them for the gangs of race-course roughs , motor bandits , and smash-and-grab thieves . ’ |
| 5 | THESE FOUR boxes of action highlights from Pickwick enable the devout to exhume the 1992 World Cup , feeling it again as if they were in attendance in Australasia once more or seeing much of it for the first time if sleep and work schedules got in the way during those 33 hectic days and nights . |
| 6 | ‘ No one has made it his own and that 's why the sleectors have chosen three of us for the training trip to Lanzarote . |
| 7 | Many people , both men and women , take up kung fu , not all of them for the same reasons . |
| 8 | It remains a holy city for Muslims , Christians and Jews , all of whom for the very best of reasons — they are the good guys — have slaughtered each other within its walls . |
| 9 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West said , by the end of the decade , they will unilaterally have slashed £12 billion from the value of SERPS , transferring funds paid in by all of us for the future into private funds run solely for the benefit of the few . |
| 10 | But I think realistically that 's probably enough work for all of us for the rest of the week . |
| 11 | According to forecasts no less than 2 million people will visit Seville in the six months of Expo , many of them for the first time . |
| 12 | Between 1947 and 1952 he produced no less than 300 short films , many of them for the Canadian Government , and on these merits he was appointed Director of Outside Broadcasts , Features and Documentaries with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952 . |
| 13 | ‘ These are vital training opportunities many of them for the most disadvantaged young people , ’ he added . |
| 14 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year , many of them for the first time , and we want to make sure the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 16 | He was in command of the local corps of yeomanry and quickly gathered about ten of them for the defence of Carewscourt . |
| 17 | But the marriage plan for Matilda was now dead , and within a few months her father was killed in a border skirmish , and we hear no more of her for the next seven years . |
| 18 | There was an overwhelming case for the State providing a basic pension but less of one for the State providing an additional pension as well . |
| 19 | I naturally felt very good about it and proud of myself for the discipline I had shown during the winter in getting down to the work necessary to achieve the successes I had obtained . |
| 20 | He does n't have to do anything , but about four Christmas 's ago I had the whole lot down , I had nine of us for the whole Christmas week , erm , Boxing Day I went in the kitchen , two of Diane 's friends had arrived , who lived in London and I went in the kitchen , I 'd had a bad dose of the flu virus that was |
| 21 | I 'd like one of them for the landing . |
| 22 | I wish to thank each and every one of you for the part you played during 1991 . |
| 23 | But what I mean is , he did n't have that high an opinion of himself , just because he knew he could have any one of us for the asking . |
| 24 | Two 900MWe simulators are in operation at the training centre at Bugey ; four more will be in service by 1984 , two of them for the 1300MWe units . |
| 25 | Mary found tiger lilies and Hope , discovering Mr Robinson 's prize of six bottles of good claret , bought two of them for the evening . |
| 26 | The secret is holding it in check , rationing it , saving the best of yourself for the night , and as I scanned the running order in the lull before the storm , I still could n't decide on a personal favourite . |
| 27 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
| 28 | ought to pass a vote of thanks to both of them for the sterling work they have done and I would be more than happy to er thank you |
| 29 | Seventy boys and girls from U6 to U14 played rugby — most of them for the first time ever . |
| 30 | Long afterwards neglect , culminating in damage and destruction , almost destroyed Painshill , until Elmbridge borough council acquired most of it for the Painshill Park Trust , which revived Hamilton 's original designs through a vigorous programme of renewal . |