Example sentences of "[noun prp] for [det] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they 're coming back to Stoke Mandeville for more treatment and new wheelchairs . |
| 2 | He 'll be at Stoke Mandeville for some time and will receive schooling with lessons in English . |
| 3 | He added that during the repair process Mr Hall had been told he could exchange the Rolls for another vehicle but had refused . |
| 4 | The heiress travels to Florida for some yachting but her sloop is run down and sunk by one of her own commercial schooners ; she is saved but she has lost her memory ; she ends up working on the cutting-tables in her own factory and falls in love with a manager whose previous requests for better conditions she had been happy to ignore . |
| 5 | Yet the proportion of the total population aged 65 and over in this category is estimated from the NDHS for each Authority and is now ten years out of date , during which period there has been a significant increase in the numbers of elderly , including the very old . |
| 6 | People with mental disorder can not act like consumers in the ordinary sense of the word because of the nature of their problems — they can not , for example , forsake the NHS for another service as they might McDonalds for Burger King — but we can , nevertheless , devise ways of listening to what they have to say and ensuring their voices are heard . |
| 7 | Scott has been around the rock and blues circuit in Ireland for some time and has played with many of the top musicians here . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll be back in November for another performance but the next time it will be a bigger venue — the Ulster Hall — and more of a cabaret performance , ’ he added . |
| 9 | After breakfast we return to EURO DISNEYLAND for more fun and thrills . |
| 10 | They said that Dalglish was after Batty for some time but Wilko refused to sell him . |
| 11 | so , if you normally work a five day week and lose a day 's work you will not get UB for that day because you are not unemployed for 3 days of the social welfare week . |
| 12 | It had been apparent to Hank for some time that , in spite of repeating Grade 12 at school , he was likely to fail his exams again . |
| 13 | He stayed at the table talking with Mahmoud for another moment or two and then went out into the street . |
| 14 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 15 | She will lose one week 's SMP for each week or part-week that she works during her MPP . |
| 16 | I undertand that the British Transport Police yesterday found the receipt and now confirm that the ink is black — the receipt had a reference number written on it , 092 , the one issued to Mr. Brand for this journey and known only by InterCity staff . |
| 17 | The ‘ Fury and the Spitfire has been to an airshow the previous day at Yeovilton , they had then flown to Humberside for another airshow and were on their way home . |
| 18 | Did he also notice that twice as many people would trust him to negotiate on Europe for this country as would trust the Leader of the Opposition ? |
| 19 | Category B covered those who had lived in Britain for some time and showed no obvious signs of hostility . |
| 20 | It must have been a Saturday or else Lewis for some reason or other was on holiday from work . |
| 21 | I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view . |
| 22 | We apologise unreservedly to PC Peacock and PC Renton for this error and for any misunderstanding which this may have caused . |
| 23 | ‘ No doubt , ’ replied the Ambassador , looking away to Miss Logan for some clue as to the personality of her employer . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've known about Paul for some time and he should bring experience and stability to our midfield , ’ said Derry manager Roy Coyle . |
| 25 | Once the European Economic Area arrangements are implemented in any EFTA state , that state is treated as a Member State of the EC for this purpose and banks incorporated in it will also be able to use the passport and will thus also be relevant European institutions . |
| 26 | CND had planned a number of marches in London for that summer but they were affected by a ban on all public processions ( other than those traditionally held ) in the Metropolitan Police District which was imposed for a twenty-eight-day period by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner , with the consent of the Home Secretary , under section 3 of the Public Order Act 1936 . |
| 27 | SPOUSE to London for some dinner or other . |
| 28 | You see , Harry is coming over from America for that month and I so want to see him . |