Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] for this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 2 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 3 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 4 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 5 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 6 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 7 | Oxfam sell Crakapax ( they have ordered them for this Christmas and are waiting for deliveries ) which contain pre-cut cracker shapes in metallic foil . |
| 8 | He has n't , they have n't paid him for this car yet |
| 9 | She also warned Quinn of the abrasive Kevin Brown , who had chosen her for this mission and had established himself in London with a team of eight to ‘ keep an eye on things ’ . |