Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That was due to my enthusiasm for the excellent achievements of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister at Maastricht . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 8 | My search for the right kind of toy cannon . |
| 9 | I drove out of Newtown and went to begin my search for the mysterious man on the moor . |
| 10 | Not a chance of course — I was stuck there in my seat for the next five or six hours . |
| 11 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 12 | My ambition for the Royal Court is simply to create the most exciting theatre in London . |
| 13 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 14 | ‘ Will you pretend to be my girlfriend for the next few months ? ’ |
| 15 | It is thus that I arrive at my multiplier for the whole life of eighteen . |
| 16 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 17 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The cab driver dumped me outside my home for the next three months . |
| 20 | I registered in Room 304 which came to be my home for the next three years . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
| 23 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 24 | Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid . |
| 25 | Ed , — Thank you very much for sending the LINK magazine to my husband for the past few years . |
| 26 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 27 | I still keep as a bookmark my ticket for the 1989 Revolution Day parade in Red Square . |
| 28 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 29 | In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey . |
| 30 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |