Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | George pointed wordlessly to an immense tank of water and with amusement showed me the system for telling the quantity of the contents . |
| 2 | Soon after Walter Luff 's arrival as Transport Manager in 1933 , Marshall showed him the design for the new railcoach , which fitted exactly the requirement for the Promenade and Fleetwood route . |
| 3 | At a meeting , our ward councillor Mr I. Hartley informed us the reason for this decision was because it was not viable . |
| 4 | Then one time when he was doing some other business with the woman we called Mrs Howard , he sold her the story for a few marks . |
| 5 | The three years stretching ahead seemed like a long time , then , worth buying a little house in Rummidge for ( Robyn 's father lent her the money for the deposit ) rather than paying rent . |
| 6 | A correspondent sent me the programme for the Annual Social of the Female Caseroom at the Ballantyne Press , held in Swan 's Tea Rooms in April 1906 . |
| 7 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
| 8 | She said : ‘ I suppose selling newspapers gave me the smell for print . |
| 9 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 10 | Dot said , ‘ Mrs Hollidaye gave me the money for a cab . ’ |
| 11 | She gave me the idea for this footage . |
| 12 | This at once gave me the idea for the experimental design I wanted . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , with all my lack of experience , the chairman of the division unhesitatingly gave me the responsibility for leading the mission , and it proved to be a turning point in my career . |
| 14 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 15 | They joined in our events for young women , and devoured our publications , because it gave them the springboard for taking action themselves . |
| 16 | Not only did this save the horses the pull up the hill through the village , but it gave them the occasion for one more glimpse of Tamar and the children , who stood on the steps , waving . |
| 17 | It gave them the pin for endless stories ; it gave them a myth . |
| 18 | Their standards of excellence won them the award for best staff restaurant , and they finished in joint second place overall out of all the shops , cafes , hotels , restaurants and canteens in the district . |
| 19 | I said but yeah I know , I gave you the money for tax purposes . |
| 20 | ‘ What gave you the notion for this ? ’ |
| 21 | His 52.3s win in the under-17s ' 400m earned him the award for the top track athlete in the Northern Division One West match . |
| 22 | Her three pet moggies gave her the idea for her prizewinning story . |
| 23 | He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant , and though she protested he gave her the money for her railway journey back to London . |
| 24 | She was gon na kill me 'cos Sister Rosario gave her the ruler for pulling me plaits . |
| 25 | It also gave him the excuse for being able to claim a whole series of ‘ expenditures ’ on his taxation forms , such as furnishings , heating , materials and travel . |
| 26 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 27 | Fabbio did his homework among the downsizing-bent corporates which gave him the idea for Dazel : exploit the need for managing information in the network environment and give them instantaneous links to fax , printers , voice and E-mail . |
| 28 | Having dismissed the Cabinet on Jan. 8 , the President on Jan. 21 , 1990 , reappointed the Prime Minister to his post and gave him the responsibility for bringing together a new ministerial team [ see p. 37174 ] , which was announced on Feb. 15 and sworn in on Feb. 17 [ see p. 37240 ] . |
| 29 | During this time Coe was on the dole and living in Bermondsey , and it is this period of his life that gave him the basis for The Dwarves of Death . |
| 30 | THE biggest Christmas casualty is the person whose birth gave us the excuse for rejoicing . |