Example sentences of "[pers pn] for the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | They released me for the day and I sat in a cab desperately trying to keep calm whilst my mind raced through the practicalities of getting Mum back — cancelling the filming , getting the kids looked after for a while if … |
| 2 | Three who suffered particularly at the time were Richard and Phoebe Winch who lived just below the Centre and in whose house I often took my evening glass of ‘ allowed ’ claret , and Ann Willson who looked after me for the Saturday and Sunday . |
| 3 | When you 've read it come and ask me for the disk and I 'll lend it to you . |
| 4 | When parents relate to their children as if they were partners and look to them for the support and even sexual comfort that should come from other adults , the boundary surrounding and protecting childhood is broken . |
| 5 | Maurice Ododo is the catechist at Aluor mission and every day was busy going near and far training and teaching the Christians , preparing them for the Sacraments and instructing catechumens . |
| 6 | Because facing such questions has brought the work on long-term memory in Aplysia into the same biochemical arena as my own in the chick , I want to postpone considering them for the present and instead look at some of the problems which , in its singlemindedly reductionist approach , Aplysian orthodoxy — at least the orthodoxy of the mid-1980s , as I suspect that the position is now becoming much more flexible — has ignored . |
| 7 | She was grateful that Sylvie had not taken up the Princesse 's invitation to join them for the holidays and , a little guiltily , that Leo had n't either . |
| 8 | It is inflated by the feeling that it should be large enough to " vindicate " plaintiffs by showing the world that their names deserve respect , and perhaps even larger to " console " them for the insult and injury of having their names taken in vain by circulation-grabbing newspapers . |
| 9 | The National Curriculum 's aims — to give pupils knowledge , understanding , skills and attitudes to equip them for the responsibilities and challenges of adult life and tomorrow 's world — will be widely supported . |
| 10 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 11 | Really if we , if we 're not on top of these things , then what we 're saying is that Jehovah is like saying to a high squad who lays out a beautiful meal for us and saying well there you are , it 's yours for the taking and you saying well I do n't feel like that today I 'll just have some chips down the road . |
| 12 | Thank you for the prompt and efficient service given so far and I hope this is an indication of the quality of supervision that we can expect . |
| 13 | This set-up program will prompt you for the directory and hard disk where you want to install Money Smith , then sit back while the program does the rest . |
| 14 | Erm , Chair , delegates thank you for the welcome and thank you for the invitation to speak to you . |
| 15 | The Canvass Form ( or Community Charge Registration Form ) will ask you for the manes and dates of birth of everybody living in the property who will be 18 or over by 1st April 1991 . |
| 16 | We thank you for the patience and good humour you have all shown during a difficult time . |
| 17 | Thank you for the notes and letters that were waiting for me when I did arrive home . |
| 18 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 19 | ‘ On behalf of the family of my late brother , Robert , I wish to thank you for the compassion and care shown to him by your organization during his long and difficult illness . |
| 20 | Do you leave it off even though you 're paying , you 'll be paying wo n't you for the heating and it 's |
| 21 | Then you bring your ladder that you 've brought with you for the job and you put it up leaning on this windowsill , so that essentially if that 's the windowsill the end of that table there , it 's up to here you see with the top of the ladder just above the windowsill . |
| 22 | Thank you for the impact and clarity of your Car Chaos ( NI 195 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ One is that , like I said , I could probably frame you for the kiosk and the burglary . |
| 24 | ‘ Thank you for the drinks and everything , ’ she said . |
| 25 | I 've tried without success to recruit him for the CPRE and the Friends of Spaxton Theatre . |
| 26 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 27 | Khrushchev could never forgive him for the cruelties and stupidities that brought Russia so close to defeat by Hitler . |
| 28 | He commends him for the wit and wisdom of things he has n't said . |
| 29 | I do n't want him to say well she did n't come round , she did n't ask me for the money , I mean I have n't ask him for the money and , he 'd like to on a Friday , when one come up , when the next one comes you can you ? |
| 30 | Well we had him for the weekend and er looking back on the weekend we were reasonably impressed with the man and his wife . |