Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This episode has not changed my attitude to the job of managing Celtic and I will be going before the board at a later date to give them my plans for the immediate future . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ This episode has not changed my attitude to managing Celtic and I will be going before the board to give them my plans for the future ’ Liam Brady |
| 3 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
| 4 | He told them , ‘ Everyone had a codename in those days and , because of my admiration for the Irish struggle for Independence , I chose ‘ Michael ’ , a name I called myself after Michael Collins . ’ |
| 5 | I yield to no one in my admiration for the great Iron Duke himself , but my favourite general of the Napoleonic wars was General Kutuzov . |
| 6 | As for my right hon. Friend 's personal position , may I express my admiration for the frank and manly way in which he has offered his resignation ? |
| 7 | Now … in my enthusiasm for the anecdotal aspect of all this I have neglected to mention the other half of Goffmann 's analysis of remedial procedure . |
| 8 | That was due to my enthusiasm for the excellent achievements of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister at Maastricht . |
| 9 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 10 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 11 | ‘ I am only sorry that my requests for the Public Accounts Committee to investigate royal travel costs as well as the cost of the royal palaces was not agreed to . ’ |
| 12 | My search for the right kind of toy cannon . |
| 13 | I drove out of Newtown and went to begin my search for the mysterious man on the moor . |
| 14 | Not a chance of course — I was stuck there in my seat for the next five or six hours . |
| 15 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 16 | ‘ I shut my eyes for the second one , ’ joked MacDonald . |
| 17 | My ambition for the Royal Court is simply to create the most exciting theatre in London . |
| 18 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 19 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 20 | Ed , — I am writing to express , through Link , my thanks for the marvellous gesture by general manager , who instigated a get-together lunch for the Kirkcaldy maltings ' pensioners on . |
| 21 | ‘ Will you pretend to be my girlfriend for the next few months ? ’ |
| 22 | It is thus that I arrive at my multiplier for the whole life of eighteen . |
| 23 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 24 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 25 | These mountains fall to the east to the flat expanse of the plateau , where San'a , the ancient capital , rests : my home for the following two and a half years . |
| 26 | The cab driver dumped me outside my home for the next three months . |
| 27 | I registered in Room 304 which came to be my home for the next three years . |
| 28 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 29 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 30 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |