Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got busy with my nose again , then took a sip and gargled it about my mouth for some time . |
| 2 | I have to have a word with Gooseneck about my timetable for this week . ’ |
| 3 | I regret that during my research for this debate I found that , in the field of computers , one of the least well-equipped police forces is that in my own area , Greater Manchester . |
| 4 | In hospital I never got off my bed for six weeks . |
| 5 | It would pay the rent and keep the nice Mr Nassim Nassim off my back for another month . |
| 6 | Ernest Bevin 's 1933 articles in The New Clarion , later published as My Plan for 2,000,000 Workless , argued that a new state pension of £1 per week ( single person ) and £1 15s 0d per week ( married couple ) paid at the age of 65 to all earning up to £1,000 per annum , on condition of retirement from work , would induce withdrawal from the labour market of the estimated 350,000 existing pensioners aged 65–9 working in industry . |
| 7 | Before taking my temperature I was neither allowed to breathe through my mouth for ten minutes nor to take food or drink for half an hour . |
| 8 | What am I gon na get for my money for that ? |
| 9 | I 'd been lucky to book one of the two wheelchair spaces with adjacent seats for my family for last Saturday 's final night of the spectacular Robin of Sherwood musical . |
| 10 | I 'm an ex-carer , and I looked after my aunt for three and a half years , and could I say that it 's not all negative although it times you could scream ! |
| 11 | I have looked after my husband for seven years , he had a brain tumour operation nearly eight years ago , and he 's in a wheelchair he ca n't walk , but his , after the first two years of caring for him , he 's become bright enough to do the Daily Telegraph crossword , and so he 's er erm brain 's alright . |
| 12 | Exactly twenty years after their collaboration for that extraordinary presentation of Henry Moore in Florence , Caro 's exhibition reunites the powerful curatorial vision of Professor Giovanni Carandente with the British Council . |
| 13 | It was , therefore , unfair to dismiss Winsper after his conviction for dangerous driving because the court had refrained from suspending his driving licence and had imposed a fine of only £20 . |
| 14 | The Everton manager revealed he would not fine the Welsh goalkeeper after his dismissal for deliberate handball , but fellow red-card victim Paul Rideout faces a financial reprimand . |
| 15 | As such he was responsible both for the retirement of Lord George Bentinck [ q.v. ] from its leadership in 1847 , after his vote for Jewish emancipation , and for the resumption of the title Conservative for his party in 1848 . |
| 16 | If someone has looked after your child for 5 years or more they could apply to the court for permission to adopt your child . |
| 17 | If someone like a foster carer , relative or a step-parent has looked after your child for 3 years or more they can apply to a court for custody of your child even if you disagree . |
| 18 | Will he confirm , therefore , that the present system is greatly superior to what existed under the previous Labour Government , whose supporters make such hypocritical remarks about their concern for old people ? |
| 19 | It was probably in 1937 that he and Tolkien had a conversation about their distaste for much of what was being published at that time . |
| 20 | When government ministers talked during the mid-1980s about their justification for nuclear power , it nearly always included a catalogue of fearful threats which started with OPEC and ended with Scargill . |
| 21 | The prevention of ill-health and the successful treatment of chronic and acute illness in older people could result if they felt more positive about their potential for good health in old age , and had access to relevant information . |
| 22 | I asked about her Home for Unmarried Mothers . |
| 23 | The Committee is very grateful to its Secretary , , not only for all the work she has done for the committee but also for her work for ethnic minority students seeking pupillage . |
| 24 | As one of McLaughlin 's respondents , who had been caring for her mother for seven years , pointed out : ‘ Well that really is a nonsense because the amount it is at the moment compared to anybody that 's had the chance of a full-time job , you 're talking of £24 as opposed to a job of about £98 ’ ( McLaughlin , 1991 , p. 48 ) . |
| 25 | Mrs. Butler had worked for her stepfather for ten years , ever since her and Jenny 's mother had died . |
| 26 | In addition , while they were not restricted to any one social class , they did develop a clear sense of identity , fostered by a number of distinctive badges , such as their preference for Christian names of an Old Testament origin or of their own elaborate and didactic construction , such as Sin-deny , Be-Thankful , Praise-God , and Sure-Trust . |
| 27 | EMPLOYEES at Alexandra Pottery have adopted Children In Need as their charity for 1993 . |
| 28 | Musician , Clive Conway , explains that this is the reason why they selected Richard Baker as their narrator for this concert . |
| 29 | The mother will continue to drag the young ferrets back into the nest but eventually she gives up as their demand for fresh meat increases . |
| 30 | After months of dallying , X/Open Co Ltd has finally endorsed the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment as its standard for distributed computing architectures . |