Example sentences of "[adj] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mike Cotton , cross country secretary of the Cleveland Schools AAA , said : ‘ I feel sorry for the lad but there is absolutely nothing we can do about it . ’ |
| 32 | If a cat kills a mouse we may feel sorry for the mouse but we no longer accuse the cat of wickedness . |
| 33 | And they are they are very grateful for the service that we provide , which comes about because of our use of DOPACS and the quality systems that we 're introducing . |
| 34 | Leonora lay hugging a hot-water bottle in the noisy darkness , grateful for the warmth as she listened to the wind howling in counterpoint to the boom of the sea on the rocks below . |
| 35 | Men who had been unsuccessful in the search for a day 's work drifted into the dining rooms to pass the time away and many sat there on the bench seats , grateful for the warmth and a friendly chat . |
| 36 | She smiled non-comittally , then turned to the transistor , grateful for the wit and irony of Jane Austen . |
| 37 | all the consultation that also talks about in this paper is met with the two centres , the management committee of Highfields youth and commune centre and also the users of the Moat Centre and I think in light of everything that 's gone on I think it 's substantially a success to stand here and say that we have at least achieved some result and I I formally would welcome the Libs supporting this this afternoon and I 'm grateful for the turn that the Libs have made and in light of er what er Mr the involvement Mr has put in . |
| 38 | Elizabeth is very grateful for the support and technical help given by Johnson Matthey and is sure the interest of pupils in chemistry will be stimulated . |
| 39 | The Editor is grateful for the help that was given to him by catering personnel at MOD Stanmore who supplied the photographs and RAF Uxbridge . |
| 40 | The Association is grateful for the help and advice in connection with the Storrington scheme that has been received from Orbit Housing Association . |
| 41 | He drank his now cold coffee and was grateful for the whisky that Elaine had put in it . |
| 42 | I suppose these two blind crabs of mine should be grateful for the variety that my work involves . |
| 43 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 44 | I am very grateful for the opportunity that you gave me to speak to the NFU Branch Committee on Thursday last . |
| 45 | I am grateful for the opportunity that we have been afforded by my hon. Friend the Member for Eccles ( Miss Lestor ) to debate an extremely important subject . |
| 46 | I owe him much in this regard and shall always be grateful for the interest and encouragement he gave to me on his visits to our school , in particular the visit he paid only a year ago when he addressed my staff and helped them all by his understanding and the depth of his practical knowledge and experience . |
| 47 | Rory smiled , grateful for the compliment but still no closer to the truth . |
| 48 | ‘ Or perhaps they just like tea , ’ said Ianthe , grateful for the cup that Sophia had poured out for her . |
| 49 | That 's why I 'm not explaining anything more to you , ’ she asserted stonily , almost grateful for the reminder that his opinion must not be allowed to matter . |
| 50 | The Government may , one assumes , be particularly grateful for the fact that the question of the future of Scottish regiments failed to materialise as an election issue north of the border . |
| 51 | Joan felt a trifle faint and was grateful for the fact that she was sitting down . |
| 52 | In fact , she was quietly grateful for the fact that he chose not to sit down to table with them . |
| 53 | If this perspective is adopted , environmentalists ought perhaps to be grateful for the fact that the vast majority of farmers are not more economically rational when they come to organize the husbandry of their farms and that the inertia introduced by the historical pattern of landownership and farm structure in this country has acted as a brake on landscape change . |
| 54 | He cringed at the elaborate Dickensian menus adorning each place , but was grateful for the fact that the catastrophe of the banquet , for such he was sure it would be , would be firmly laid at Mr Dickens 's door and not his own . |
| 55 | Furthermore , she had grown to be grateful for the fact that their lives had drifted irretrievably apart , and she had prayed that things might stay that way for ever . |
| 56 | They managed to keep their lassitude at bay with regular coffee breaks every hour and when lunch arrived unexpectedly just after midday , courtesy of Brummer , they were grateful for the nourishment and the respite . |
| 57 | Both sides have struggled in the league this year and Haslemere were grateful for the time and space they were allowed in this match . |
| 58 | Acting chairman Dr James Smith said : ‘ He is an extremely busy man and we are grateful for the time and effort he gave . ’ |
| 59 | It was thought preferable for the schoolmaster and schoolmistress to be man and wife . |
| 60 | The alternative ( and now much more common ) free format mode requires separators such as a space or a comma to appear between items of data ; this slows down data entry for a skilled keypuncher but is probably preferable for the non-expert since problems of field misalignment can not occur . |