Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [det] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's nothing , I was off on a track of my own for a moment . |
| 2 | During the time when negotiations with Southwark were still continuing , the Age Concern Research Unit ( ACRU ) had been approached by service-providers ( the consultant psychogeriatrician , the social services department and the local Age Concern organiser ) in Ipswich , Suffolk , with some ideas of their own for a project on the elderly mentally frail . |
| 3 | Although they 're among the poorest people in the community , many feel better off than they 've ever been — they 've got money , time and friends of their own for the first time . |
| 4 | This little band of Medau enthusiasts decided on a little fund-raising of their own for the team and on 18 May held a sponsored ball bounce . |
| 5 | If there is n't a collection though , an official one , they 'll have one of their own for the |
| 6 | In addition to the national objectives such as Health of the Nation , Patient 's Charter and Caring for People , NEHA has identified specific targets of its own for the coming year . |
| 7 | Questions are frequently divided into two or more parts , and this division raises difficulties of its own for the inexpert candidate . |
| 8 | She seemed to be lost in memories of her own for a moment . |
| 9 | She had a plan of her own for the visit , though she decided not to tell Charity about that at this stage . |
| 10 | Zoophilus had not been able to acquire a copy of Vial 's plan but he put forward a plan of his own for an animal hospital , for a regular set of teachers forming a school , and provision for receiving living subjects in various states of disease . |
| 11 | The boy was going to the boxroom and was clearly excited at possessing a room of his own for the first time . |
| 12 | And the issue was still very much alive , for here beside him , listening alertly and with a dry little smile , was the earl of Leicester , who , whether in earnest or in mischief , was urging a plea of his own for the same prize . |
| 13 | He had a date of his own for the foundation of Rome , made direct enquiries about the Penates of Lavinium , described the ritual of the October horse in the Campus Martins , attributed the introduction of coinage to Servius Tullius , etc . |
| 14 | A narrow matching fabric belt covers the gently elasticated waistband , and can be alternated with belts of your own for a contrasting effect . |
| 15 | The list shows four predefined styles , but none of them looks enticing , so we 'll define one of our own for a heading . |
| 16 | Outmoded by the plastics for smaller kites , it comes into its own for the big stuff as , for example , replica Cody man lifters , or the large Baden-Powell ‘ Levitor ’ where , in turn , it replaces the bamboo spars in the original pioneer designs . |
| 17 | Solar heating does come into its own for the fairly specialised use of heating water for swimming pools and can make a contribution to heating the domestic hot water . |
| 18 | She 's been with us all for a long time . |
| 19 | And Gooch advised him to put England 's needs before his own for the winter tour of India . |
| 20 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 21 | Durie said : ‘ I 've been up front on my own for a few games . |
| 22 | I remember when I was on my own for a couple of years , and had a great time … but then you find yourself slipping into this feeling of being v-e-r-y lonely indeed . ’ |
| 23 | ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man : |
| 24 | ‘ When we played Everton I had four people working with me , ’ recalls Biggins , ‘ but now I 'm working on my own for the VAT man . |
| 25 | If you have an entertainer , this is not likely to happen , unless you explain that you do not mind if he or she just lets the party run on its own for a while . |
| 26 | ‘ Just that she wanted to he on her own for a bit . ’ |
| 27 | She had to get out of here , had to be on her own for a while , had to sort out the confusion fogging her brain . |
| 28 | Liz , a 25-year-old single woman , had been living on her own for the previous year in a flat above a small craft shop that she ran together with her mother . |
| 29 | Tallis was on her own for the first time in her eight years or so in this unimaginable land . |
| 30 | The Broadcasting Bill removes constraints on European companies wanting to own television companies or bid on their own for a Channel 3 franchise . |