Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember when I was on my own for a couple of years , and had a great time … but then you find yourself slipping into this feeling of being v-e-r-y lonely indeed . ’ |
| 2 | It 's nothing , I was off on a track of my own for a moment . |
| 3 | ‘ When we played Everton I had four people working with me , ’ recalls Biggins , ‘ but now I 'm working on my own for the VAT man . |
| 4 | I 'll do my best for the gentleman . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Whether you scold me or thank me , I 'll always do my best for the family at all times . |
| 6 | This is my first letter to this magnificent mailing networky thing ( except it is'nt really because i had one sent back the other day , but that s another story ) This is also going to be my last for a while as I 'm going back home to newcastle tomorrow . |
| 7 | Now they are at their lowest for a quarter of a century , and that must be good . |
| 8 | ‘ I could let her serve her time to me , and make her fit for a job in any shop in Ireland , but we want more than that for her , do n't we ? ’ |
| 9 | For the last 14 years the show has been put on at the Apollo Theatre , with adoring parents almost filling its eighteen hundred seats as those true troopers give their all for the gang show . |
| 10 | In popularizing this slogan Labour was enormously aided by widespread resentment against ‘ profiteers ’ — a word universally used during the war to describe the conduct of shipowners , food wholesalers , arms contractors , landlords and all the other ‘ Brit-Huns ’ who were said to be exploiting wartime scarcities to line their own pockets while workers and soldiers loyally gave their all for the war effort . |
| 11 | Oh its all for the fantasy , one suspects |
| 12 | John and Josephine McCool explained : ‘ While we wish her well for the future , we can not condone her behaviour over the last number of years when she has associated with loyalist prisoners . |
| 13 | It was anger , she 'd thought suddenly , anger as sharp and cruel as the blade of a knife , as if he 'd held her responsible for the desire so clearly etched into his arrogant , handsome face … |
| 14 | One can only ponder at the ethics of an industry which for thirty years slaughtered dolphins in their millions for the sake of saving 2 cents per can , and then requires an ‘ epic ’ debate to change its source of supply . |
| 15 | With British industry burdened by record debt and Britain 's trade deficit at its highest for a year , will the Prime Minister explain why tax cuts which will suck in more imports are right while public investment in the kind of things that Britain needs for the future is wrong ? |
| 16 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 17 | Jobcentre vacancies , up 3,200 to 127,500 , were at their highest for a year . |
| 18 | Nigel asked Eleanor round once more and they were left on their own for a while . |
| 19 | During the time when negotiations with Southwark were still continuing , the Age Concern Research Unit ( ACRU ) had been approached by service-providers ( the consultant psychogeriatrician , the social services department and the local Age Concern organiser ) in Ipswich , Suffolk , with some ideas of their own for a project on the elderly mentally frail . |
| 20 | The Broadcasting Bill removes constraints on European companies wanting to own television companies or bid on their own for a Channel 3 franchise . |
| 21 | This little band of Medau enthusiasts decided on a little fund-raising of their own for the team and on 18 May held a sponsored ball bounce . |
| 22 | The nearest she would get was that she wanted time , time to herself to think , to read , to find out how other people lived ; how they managed to live , how they managed to face up to the tragedies ; their scraping for a living ; and how they managed to cope with love . |
| 23 | I 'm going to get some sleep , then I need to keep her amused for the rest of the day . |
| 24 | If you have an entertainer , this is not likely to happen , unless you explain that you do not mind if he or she just lets the party run on its own for a while . |
| 25 | She had to get out of here , had to be on her own for a while , had to sort out the confusion fogging her brain . |
| 26 | ‘ Just that she wanted to he on her own for a bit . ’ |
| 27 | She seemed to be lost in memories of her own for a moment . |
| 28 | She had a plan of her own for the visit , though she decided not to tell Charity about that at this stage . |
| 29 | That 's her finished for the season but she will be back next year and should show a great deal of improvement . ’ |
| 30 | The contrasting fortunes of share prices and sterling were illustrated by the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index closing within a whisker of its best for the year whilst sterling could manage only a marginal improvement from Thursday 's all-time low against the German mark . |