Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 2 | Now no level headed business man in his right senses would recommend that they dispose of any part of it for a temporary , permanent gipsy site or whatever you like to call it . |
| 3 | It 's part and parcel of it for a woman , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 4 | It seemed at first glance that Louise was wearing a turban ; she had saved her day 's ration of flour and had made a poultice of it for a boil which had erupted on her temple ; her other boils seemed to be growing slightly better . |
| 5 | 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) ) . |
| 6 | It would be a holiday to discard the worry of it for a few days . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We 're gon na stick hold of them for a minute or two because we have n't |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You do n't really think I risked making a fool of myself for a quick thank-you and a handshake , do you ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | De Niro does n't seem particularly keen to discuss his reasons for wanting to run a restaurant , and will only say that it 's been a vague dream of his for a while . |
| 14 | Customers will be able to opt for discounts worth £20 for every £250 invested up to a maximum investment of £3,750 or for bonus shares on the basis of one for every 10 bought . |
| 15 | In 1909 the LCC completely reorganized its school welfare programme and formed a central co-ordinating body with a number of Children 's Care ( School ) Committees on the basis of one for every elementary school . |
| 16 | erm On the question of the river samples and pool samples , yes , I think one of the city pools , one of the school pools we had a bit of a problem , so that took much of concentrated attention of it for a period of two or three weeks , so that 's probably a reflection , I do n't think much of it relates to the river sample . |
| 17 | You 've a mighty high opinion of yourself for a kitchen maid . ’ |
| 18 | Like the other playwrights whose response to Thatcherism and brutality has been some hand-wringing of their own , Barker is too infatuated by his heroine 's strength to humanise her withe vulnerability and too in awe of her for a passionate or coolly detached opposition . |
| 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 | He lay prone on top of her for a few moments then he rolled to one side , panting loudly , his breath slowly returning to normal . |
| 22 | He put the can back on the table , placing his free hand across the top of it for a moment ; then he took the mug over to the couch and , handing it to her , said , ‘ You know that is n't true . |
| 23 | What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving . |
| 24 | She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue . |
| 25 | And life 's too short to miss out on the chance of it for the wrong kinds of reasons . ’ |
| 26 | He wondered if his outlook would change , or if this was going to be the pattern of it for the future . |
| 27 | ‘ A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing relative to the subject matter of the indictment or proceeding , without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing , his attention must , before such contradictory proof can be given , be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always , that it shall be competent for the judge at any time during the trial , to require the production of the writing for his inspection , and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purpose of the trial as he may think fit . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I have read it now from cover to cover — every word of it for the past seven years — since I first got hooked on running . |
| 30 | As the organisers could n't find any reason to suppress it or reject it , they dumped the piece behind screens where it could no longer be seen and we lost sight of it for the whole exhibition . |