Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She informed me that a double room at the front was available , though I was welcome to it for the price of a single . |
| 4 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 5 | It was the first diet she 'd ever tried and it made her feel good about herself for the first time , too . |
| 6 | Prime amongst them for the IBM PC and its compatibles are 123 from Lotus Development , Multiplan from Microsoft , Smart from Innovative Software and Supercalc from Sorcim . |
| 7 | It would be a mistake to assume that all participants in the revolt were involved in it for the same reasons . |
| 8 | Many of those involved had reached the conclusion that the philanthropic provision of youth services was inadequate by itself for the task of tackling the economic , social , and what were coming to be regarded as educational problems concerning working-class adolescents . |
| 9 | ‘ The safest place in the world … and the world is where we 'll go for our honeymoon , because I 'm determined to get that travel bug out of you so you 'll stay safe and happy with me for the rest of our lives ! ’ |
| 10 | We too are called to exchange the things that are important to us for the sake of the transformation God wishes to work in us . |
| 11 | However , normally one contact man from each of the units is transferred to the staff of the project manager and is responsible to him for the work that is done in his unit . |
| 12 | The surveyor will be responsible to you for the stated purpose of the report . |
| 13 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 14 | ‘ … the impracticability of individual copyright holders administering their performing rights effectively means that membership of a performing right society is the only way in which composers , songwriters and music publishers can adequately protect their rights and receive what is due to them for the public use of their work . ’ |
| 15 | You ca n't expect a man to walk around thinking he 's got to be grateful to them for the rest of his life — it 's ludicrous . |
| 16 | He was particularly grateful to him for the ‘ extraordinary kindness ’ he had shown his wife , Bowyer 's niece Blanche Highgate , near whom he was buried in St Dunstan in the West . |
| 17 | But a wider public , both inside and outside the University , are grateful to him for the windows he has opened up to them , through his recent chairmanship of the Friends of the Welsh National Opera , through his talks and articles , and above all through his learned , wise and witty discourses on Wagner . |
| 18 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I am extremely grateful to him for the wise decision to retain the St. |
| 19 | I can say to my honourable friend , the member for Rydale who takes such a close interest and is so well informed er on these matters , er I 'm very grateful to him for the welcome he 's given for the orders here , he 's absolutely right to say that we have gone beyond er what restrictive called for by Bingham , we have extended it to other sectors in the financial we welcomed the honourable gentleman from Edinburgh Central that these er orders are in some way timid , they are what was called for by the treasury select committee , they are what was proposed er by Bingham and we have er introduced them er here tonight . |
| 20 | I am grateful to you for the information . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Freddie the Nark sat back in the cab , feeling very pleased with himself for the way he had handled such a tricky situation . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | the resources which he could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and |
| 25 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 26 | The next facet of my approach was that I wanted to see more flexibility in the hands of local family health services authorities over the application of funds and the use of the substantial sums of money that are available to them for the development of primary health care . |
| 27 | Given the variety of strategies available to us for the pronunciation of words , it is not surprising that there are marked individual differences in the ways in which skilled readers respond to different kinds of words . |
| 28 | But a dull flush was creeping up her neck , and colouring her cheeks , and she felt furious with herself for the tell-tale signs of insecurity , for the ease with which the other girl had succeeded in humiliating her … |
| 29 | But she was going to have to keep the door open to him for the next twenty years and , like it or not , it was something that she would have to come to terms with . |
| 30 | There was still the rupee for his food , and another rupee given to him for the train journey back . |