Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had not recognized my feelings for one of the women in the women 's group as being of any significance . |
| 2 | ‘ They 've cancelled my appointments for this morning … . |
| 3 | This was changed to An Nam — The Pacified South — by the Chinese who conquered them , occupied their territory for eleven centuries , and called them Annamese . |
| 4 | It was painful enough knowing they had both let their love for each other slip so easily away , but the speed with which he 'd filled the void she 'd left really cut into her . |
| 5 | Do n't choose aggressive , adrenaline-inducing activities but use exercise to activate the body fully as our nervous system and chemistry have primed our bodies for this purpose . |
| 6 | This Jessica woman — he assumed it must be Jessica , he 'd never heard her name for sure until tonight — had been in danger of getting her face poked down her throat , was all . |
| 7 | This landing by Group 2 was deliberately made at the base of some sheer , snow-covered rocks 30 feet high , for no German machine-guns were likely to cover such an apparently impossible landing point , the enemy unaware the commandos had developed their techniques for such rough landings . |
| 8 | Helen Harvey of the Lord Todd has received her presentation for ten years with CCG . |
| 9 | The disbanding of the Atlacatl counterinsurgency battalion on Dec. 8 was seen as further evidence of the government 's good faith , although Cristiani 's use of the phrase " national heroes " to describe the battalion was called into question , given its reputation for human rights violations ( especially the massacre at El Mozote in 1981 — ibid . ) . |
| 10 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 11 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 12 | The Association of Directors of Social Services has given its approval for this research proposal . |
| 13 | In response to what they characterise as changes in the market , Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , and SynOptics Communications Inc , Santa Clara , have adjusted their plans for joint development effort on RubSystem , which was to have combined their hub and router technologies into one high end hardware chassis . |
| 14 | Carron Phoenix , the Glasgow sink manufacturer which has withdrawn its recommendation for French company Bene 's bid , could receive an offer from 6.4 per cent shareholder Franke of Germany . |
| 15 | There were plans to turn it into an opencast mine , but now the Forestry Commission , which administers the Forest from its headquarters in Coleford , has withdrawn its permisssion for British Coal to mine there , deciding instead to start re-planting trees . |
| 16 | The Asdex tokamak at Garching in West Germany has what is known as a ‘ poloidal divertor ’ and holds the record for the duration of a plasma in a tokamak — Asdex has sustained its plasma for 10 seconds . |
| 17 | Offered the same price for an issue , borrowers will choose an existing firm , given their reputation for successful launches , to avoid all the disadvantages in terms of future borrowing costs should an issue fail . |
| 18 | I am sure the Servite fathers had given their consent for this , although not one of them came themselves . |
| 19 | The hospital has overspent its budget for this financial year by £70,000 . |
| 20 | The hospital 's overspent its budget for this financial year by £70,000 . |
| 21 | I 've done my time for that job , and the other jobs you laid on me . |
| 22 | I 've only seen my daughter-in-law for three minutes since I got the news . |
| 23 | I have n't seen my husband for six months . |
| 24 | I have n't seen my family for three years , not since they left . |
| 25 | ‘ A lot of the credit for that goes not only to the photographers themselves who have argued their case for greater prominence , but a great debt is owed to people like the editor Harold Evans who pioneered the creative use of photography in papers . |
| 26 | NIGEL realized then , for the first time , that his words had ruined their friendship for good . |
| 27 | She has not seen her children for two years . |
| 28 | ‘ But I know some people have felt so miserable they have seen their doctor for some medicine and have been told that the fumes are the likely cause of their symptoms . |
| 29 | County councils , moreover , frequently subdivided their territory for administrative purposes . |
| 30 | Few could have met their demands for additional labour internally , and not because they were hampered by rigid job demarcation system or lacked a workforce with adaptable skills . |