Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again . |
| 2 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |
| 3 | good to use them for swinging in the trees . |
| 4 | Travelling by coach you will pass through the flower carpet fields to the Franz Roozen Nurseries where you will discover the art of growing flowers and perhaps order your own bulbs which will be delivered to you for planting in the autumn . |
| 5 | They said , ‘ We 're arresting you for loitering with the intent of prostitution . ’ |
| 6 | I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today , and I 'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what 's been said . |
| 7 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 8 | Thank you for coming on the show today , Mr Calder . ’ |
| 9 | Thank you for contributing to the summer edition of Rural Wales . |
| 10 | Thank you for enquiring about the cycle tour to New Zealand in early 1993 . |
| 11 | He cited a Daily Mail article , rather curiously signed Editor , which had attacked him for presiding over the disappearance of ‘ an immense fortune ’ left hint by his father , and had concluded : ‘ It is difficult to see how the leader of a party who has lost his own fortune can hope to restore those of anyone else , or his country . |
| 12 | Vincent went to him for drawing in the mornings , and in the evenings to try his hand at watercolours , as he had done before Christmas . |
| 13 | Critical also of the World Cup organisation , and referring to the umpiring in West Indies as ‘ disgraceful ’ , this agonising cricketer , who came from nowhere at 18 , spotted by Javed Miandad , seems greatly perturbed still at the £1000 fine extracted from him for swearing within the hearing of umpire Plews after he had banned him for bowling bouncers against Warwickshire . |
| 14 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 15 | Mr. Spearing : Is the Leader of the House aware that those who are concerned about this matter are grateful to him for referring to the Select Committee 's report of two years ago and that we look forward to the Government implementing the intention that they stated at that time ? |
| 16 | The emphasis of the New Testament is that Christ resisted the temptations thrown at him and it was this that qualified him for dying on the cross . |
| 17 | Even in the best hotels they tended to view whisky as a kind of pastis and served it for drinking in the French way . |
| 18 | You do Yes but , you do n't know how much er , I mean , you ca n't sell it for housing at the moment . |
| 19 | ‘ As far as I was concerned he was just a big fella who used to come out of the shop and bellow at us for playing against the wall . |