Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
| 2 | Luke rolled her back on the bed , their mouths still hungrily joined together , and she could feel his hand search behind her for the zip of her dress . |
| 3 | He will carry disappointment with him for the rest of his political career and , indeed , to the end of his days . |
| 4 | I know we got a mention in it for the museum and that was , oh did you get your keepsake ? |
| 5 | The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past . |
| 6 | Perhaps a crewman stumbles , it could be the gloop is n't hot enough , maybe there is n't enough pepper in it for the cook 's liking . |
| 7 | ‘ Stotting ’ has a certain ring to it for the waterfall-collection game . |
| 8 | He made a pun on it for the title of his revue Cranks . |
| 9 | Sometimes it was important to spoil oneself — Helena had written a piece on it for the last issue of Athene , explaining that when women felt the need for a little luxury they should give in to it , that pampering oneself created an inner glow which proclaimed that this was a Special Woman . |
| 10 | the general administration of the trust is ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom ; and 2. the trustees or a majority of them for the time being are not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( TCGA 1992 , s69(1) ) . |
| 11 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 13 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 14 | He found that a poor Tambov peasant who harvested 35 pudy of grain from one desiatin of land had to pay 15 pudy of it for the hire of a plough , 7 pudy for having the grain carted off in a richer man 's wagon , and to top it all 7 pudy in tax . |
| 15 | It was now too much at home with her for the response to be triggered . |
| 16 | ‘ It means , mother , that Craig is trying to put the blame on me for the thieving he 's done . ’ |
| 17 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 18 | He asked me to caddie for him for the rest of the year . |
| 19 | Though he knew the press would be sending a photographer to take a picture of him for the financial pages of the newspaper , he suspected that their main interest was in Hank . |
| 20 | Why or how it originated is not known , but the Lady Mayoress takes charge of it for the rest of the mayoral year , and no doubt a quick rap over the knuckles will soon curb any tendency the Lord Mayor might have to step out of line . |
| 21 | If he did , he was in an enviable position to play cat and mouse with her for the duration of their stay . |
| 22 | ‘ I was asked to do a promotional picture with him for the video launch , but I refused . |
| 23 | The syllabus for modern languages in the GCSE is very full ; but there is no place in it for the teaching of grammar . |
| 24 | There was no salvation outside the church and no place within it for the deviant . |
| 25 | Private court patronage was not just a reserve of employment for members of a political interest , however , for there was danger in it for the patron . |
| 26 | Keep it in the quarantine tank , cease medication and keep an eye on it for the next few months . |
| 27 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 28 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 29 | If you 've got some new material on him that you want to share with us , I 'm more than happy to arrange another lecture for you later in the term , but frankly , as you 've apparently given the same lecture on him for the past ten years , I can hardly be accused of interfering with academic freedom , can I ? ’ |
| 30 | Panyi island , where Sapan and Strawberry lived , had only enough room on it for the mosque . |