Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 2 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them , and as I commented a little earlier to somebody I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven year old . |
| 3 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 4 | I have also disclosed my intention for the effect that the book will have . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm a free agent and have regained my appetite for the game . |
| 6 | Now that she 's vented her spite for the evening , she wo n't even notice you 're missing , but if anyone asks I 'll tell them you 're suffering from toothache . ’ |
| 7 | The hotel has targeted its occupancy for the first year at 55 per cent , which , Mr Nitschke says , is realistic . |
| 8 | Kim Bailey 's gelding , a promising runner-up to Remittance Man at Wincanton recently , booked his place for the big race with a satisfactory two mile gallop after racing at Newbury yesterday . |
| 9 | should now have received their list for the next two months . |
| 10 | Listening in their Castle Park home , his wife Virtue said Moore had altered her life for the worse . |
| 11 | And I 'm sure she 's long ago forgiven her dad for the pain he unwittingly caused her . |
| 12 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that the air and naval high commands had withdrawn their support for the President , dissociating themselves from the incidents of Aug. 10 . |
| 13 | THE SCOTTISH Milk Marketing Board has bowed to pressure and withdrawn its bid for the Co-op 's Scottish milk business . |
| 14 | This is perhaps not unexpected , given their reverence for the past and their long tradition of scholarship and collecting stretching back over several millennia . |
| 15 | I 've done my diary for the |
| 16 | ‘ I 've done my bit for the day . ’ |
| 17 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
| 18 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 19 | In the seventeen years since his birth she had stopped being a dancer in Miami , become the straight lady to entertainer pinky Lee for a time and , during the war , done her bit for the American effort in the control tower at Willow Run , the central domestic sending centre for the military . |
| 20 | All his life he had sought her pardon for the failure which she either could not or would not spell out for him . |
| 21 | Nutty was jealous of Nails 's riding Switchback with Biddy all to himself every night but had to admit it had saved their chance for the competition . |
| 22 | I thought she might add , ‘ And she 's bloody well going to wear it ’ , but my mother had said her piece for the moment . |
| 23 | Mrs Hancock , the girl from the other side of the tracks , had always professed her love for the rough , tough ex-miner who made a fortune and espoused the most outlandish ideas . |
| 24 | In 1948 , Francis Rogallo and his wife Gertrude were granted their patent for the flexible kite that has been credited so often as the origin of the ‘ modern ’ species . |
| 25 | Perhaps she had known it would happen , perhaps he had answered her call for the same reason . |
| 26 | They have made their case for the ordination of women with obvious conviction , backed up with arguable facts ( in my opinion ) — but the whole argument is delivered in a studiously temperate and fair way that will impress even those who disagree with it . |
| 27 | On the day after the Cease Fire he had been granted an audience with the Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and he had argued his case for the revitalisation of his dream . |
| 28 | Essex Middleton cup manager Norman Groves has selected his side for the second trial match against Berkshire Under-35s to be played at the Esso BC , Abingdon , on Sunday morning . |
| 29 | Shamrocks coach Peter Murphy has also named his panel for the series , and it includes eight Ulster players — three from Queen 's , two each from Banbridge and Cookstown , and one from Lisnagarvey . |
| 30 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |