Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I demand a reply from the Minister about my request for an inquiry into the financial ramifications for Mid Glamorgan TECs . |
| 2 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 3 | ‘ Just keep Toby off my back for a few more days . |
| 4 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 5 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 6 | She gave up the branch chairmanship of the Civil and Public Servants union in 1990 after 10 years and said of her multi-purpose role : ‘ My husband used to say our lounge was like an office on Sunday nights when I was sorting through my paperwork for the week . ’ |
| 7 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 8 | Belgrade radio claimed that police used force only after their order for the demonstrators to disperse had been met with stone throwing . |
| 9 | Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " . |
| 10 | He is distressed by what the Black Land has become , so soon after his departure for the Fields of Aarru . |
| 11 | Encourage children to talk about their preference for a particular toy . |
| 12 | Now , aspiring judges are called to a room at the western end of the Palace of Westminster overlooking the Thames , and , seated on chairs stamped with the gilt portcullis , interviewed about their suitability for the job . |
| 13 | Ellen offered me a poisonous smile , but I had no time to worry about her distaste for the militaristic para-medic . |
| 14 | A few weeks ago , a lady interviewed on television complained about her wait for a hip replacement operation . |
| 15 | She never bought more , nor less , than she would need for her housekeeping for the next 24 hours . |
| 16 | And the woman respected for her concern for the sick and deprived is told : ‘ Not to love is not to live , or it is to live a living death . |
| 17 | She had previously won the Oloman-Ellis Award ( see page : 109 ) and been elected a Grand Councillor both for her work for the BDA in her own branch — Leeds — and region — North Regional Council — , on the national executive , As editor of a Newsletter and of hundreds of " Congress Bulletins " , and as fund-raiser extraordinary for deaf sporting activities . |
| 18 | The course is only loosely related to the Pimlico Connection scheme , but 15 students each year choose tutoring in schools as their fieldwork for the course . |
| 19 | The conference of 1944 had to be postponed owing to the difficulties of travel , which were imposed in the spring and summer of that year when the Allied invasion forces used Britain as their base for the ‘ reentry ’ into France : it was finally held in December . |
| 20 | Opinion surveys suggested that he would enter the election as the clear favourite against Harris Wofford , the Democrat who had been appointed by the state governor to fill the vacancy temporarily and who had been selected by the Democrats as their candidate for the forthcoming election . |
| 21 | If I can just endorse what Stewart was saying the Parish Council talked to me as their consultant for a while and said look it seems that that with the with the actions of the er County Council writing to the Secretary of State to preempt the call-in procedures and the attitude of the District Council that this thing might well get local planning permission . |
| 22 | Astrid arrived in shorts , and took the kiosk-pushers ' minds off their work for a while . |
| 23 | She had no idea Simon had sent off her photo for the slimming contest until a letter arrived saying she was in the final . |
| 24 | She took a calming breath and turned , and was put off her stroke for a moment when she saw his glance flicking over her slim and erect carriage , taking in the elegant and attractive navy-trimmed white outfit she wore . |
| 25 | He was so quick that she was put off her stride for a moment . |
| 26 | A 6,713-delegate nominating convention of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) , held on May 19 , chose Kim Young Sam as its candidate for the 1992 presidential elections . |
| 27 | Earlier , he dismissed Labour 's invitation to join its inquiry into electoral reform as a ‘ short-term tactical move ’ and delivered his strongest warning yet to his rivals not to underestimate his party 's determination ‘ at every level ’ to hold out for a clear commitment to proportional representation as its price for a coalition deal . |
| 28 | In 1878 he was appointed minister of the New West End synagogue , then in the course of erection in St Petersburgh Place , west London ; he served as its minister for the remainder of his life . |
| 29 | Through its support for the war and its positive participation in the construction of the war economy the Labour movement helped to create a fund of popular support for socialist objectives . |
| 30 | Together with the London boroughs , the LAB attaches a high priority to helping to nurture the audiences , performers and producers of the future through its support for the arts in schools and for organisations which work for young people . |