Example sentences of "[prep] [pn reflx] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could he give them a few facts about himself for the company 's press release ? |
| 2 | And whereas other Renaissance examples of the exhortation to marriage dwell on the delight and solace of the married state , our poet 's argument , by contrast , is directed to the friend 's reproduction of himself for the benefit of posterity . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And the danger presumably is that the surpluses we were having our discussion and debate about earlier on , those surpluses that and I do understand why you feel the pensioners should benefit from their surplus , but it the reality is that the employers and possibly the pensioners are currently arguing amongst themselves for the benefit of those surpluses , but in fact one of the significant contributors is often the deferred pensioners |
| 6 | Freddie the Nark sat back in the cab , feeling very pleased with himself for the way he had handled such a tricky situation . |
| 7 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 8 | Although her breathing became a little faster as she imagined this part of the scene , she did not become noticeably distressed in any way ; in fact she told me that she felt really pleased with herself for the way in which she had handled the situation . |
| 9 | I had to live with myself for the rest of my life . |
| 10 | And finally , remember you have to live with yourself for the rest of your life : you only have to put up with your counterpart for a short time . |
| 11 | And I daresay she thinks she 's succeeded — done me out of my rights and fixed up a snug home for herself for the rest of her days ! |
| 12 | In the late twentieth century , therefore , people may find the mystical experiment , which also urges the adept to look within himself for the truth and warns against the danger of simplistic ideas and projections about God , a more attractive form of religion than the more conventional and dogmatic types of faith . |
| 13 | She began , Dear Sis , Tell Joel that it 's quite an education in itself for the girls to be brought up in the heart of the capital , and on the very shores of London 's historic river . |
| 14 | Given recent reductions in the rate of personal taxation , there is now little fiscal benefit to be obtainedthough in any case that should have been regarded as an incidental benefit and not a justification in itself for the establishment of such a company . |
| 15 | The third , from the history department , is more explicit and distinguishes between general reading matter which would make " browsing … a broadening experience in itself for the children " and teacher resources ( including teaching packs and reference books ) which would not only stimulate improved pedagogy in the new " evidence-based course " , but also permit teachers to foster pupils ' library use by example . |
| 16 | Give thanks within yourself for the lessons of your life that have allowed you to gain these experiences . |
| 17 | It is to take responsibility to ourselves for the way the world is . |
| 18 | We kept to ourselves for the rest of the day , taking food from the buttery and retiring early for we were both still exhausted after our journey from England . |
| 19 | WE are going to stop apologising to ourselves for the fact that it takes money to run this organisation . |
| 20 | In the West , we search outside ourselves for the source of inspiration , creation and truth . |
| 21 | Did he will failure on himself for the sake of his solitude ? |
| 22 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 23 | Huy decided to keep what he had learnt about Iritnefert to himself for the moment . |
| 24 | The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you . |
| 25 | An essential part of all eel tanks is sliding glass covers , so these were duly closed and the eels left to themselves for the night while I hoped that they were strong enough to survive the constant stress that they had endured over the past thirty-six hours . |
| 26 | This way she can guarantee her customers that they will have all the surrounding thousands of acres of bush totally to themselves for the duration of their stay . |
| 27 | If they had worked on me enough , I 'd have blown the whistle on myself for the Lindbergh kidnapping , the bombing of Pearl Harbor , the Cleveland Torso slayings , betraying West Point to the British , fixing the 1919 World Series and souring all the milk in Salem , Massachusetts . |
| 28 | The best deal I can do on the airfares is £870 — this includes a small fee for myself for the administration . |
| 29 | At himself for the doubts that ate at him , and at his ancestor for giving him nothing more than a string of empty platitudes . |
| 30 | Folly felt almost embarrassed at herself for the ease with which she was finding these excuses — and for the fact that she seemed to have slipped into mental first-name terms with this man who was , after all , a stranger . |