Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [noun pl] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being a lapsed nob has its compensations for Bubbles when young Sloane wife Phoebe Fenton ( Francesca Brill ) refuses to leave the compound after a fortnight of sleeping with him , much to the chagrin of hubby Ian ( Gareth Forwood ) . |
| 2 | Overlooking the Daily Express building has its advantages for Drury House staff . |
| 3 | Steiner accepted that the Situationists had identified and accurately described the emptiness of everyday life and even accepts their pleas for subversion , but was very sour about what he described as the ‘ depressingly banal ’ prescriptions of Debord and the ‘ turgid creed ’ of Vaneigem . |
| 4 | His intention , when he starts his courses for coaches , is to warm them up the Medau way . |
| 5 | No , do n't miss that one , sir , it 's important — the chief wants your ideas for reorganisation and co-ordination of crime car and Panda patrols . |
| 6 | He uses his explorations for business , videos , pictures and stories . |
| 7 | But most particularly we are concerned with the way in which learners and environments interact , for it is in that interaction that we , as parents and teachers , can best help children to realize their linguistic and intellectual potential by adopting a conversational style that maximises their opportunities for learning . |
| 8 | The new Bank of European Reconstruction and Development will obviously have an important role in deciding policy when its opens its doors for business . |
| 9 | It encourages the formation of farmer cooperatives and advances them loans for irrigation pumps . |
| 10 | Videos take centre stage as Norster programmes his charges for Murrayfield clash |
| 11 | If you have bad luck in the chase , if your wife is persistently flighty and difficult , if a chief favours your rival and ignores your requests for attention , then the cause is or may be witchcraft . |
| 12 | Yet no country at present satisfies its preconditions for EMU — conditions which in any case are increasingly viewed as inappropriate . |
| 13 | The Landmark Trust restores its buildings for holiday letting , rented for a week or fortnight at a time in summer , but sometimes for weekends in winter . |
| 14 | Jay had a horror of moths flying into her face and hair ; she liked to think of herself as someone who cups her hands for moths and spiders and frees them . |
| 15 | It could be that it is reducible to the other needs ; that our belief in convention is purely a function of the degree to which it satisfies our needs for affection , status , and so on . |
| 16 | He also shares his recipes for stuffings , vegetables and all the trimmings . |
| 17 | Everyone knows his feelings for Rangers , And I would most readily do a swop for a number of our players — Gary Stevens , Trevor Steven , Alexi Mikhailechenko , Ally Maxwell , Chris Vinnicome . |