Example sentences of "[to-vb] for the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 2 | They said if we did n't consent for him to claim for the two of us , they 'd summons me and him for aiding and abetting . |
| 3 | However , her books , though absorbing to the adult reader , are difficult to revive for the young of another generation because of their preoccupation ( even greater than that of her female contemporaries ) with social status . |
| 4 | It happened to work for the two of us , we were lucky . |
| 5 | As a matter of urgency I think chairman , be because if we 're going to apply , we need to apply for the first of April |
| 6 | ‘ Punishment enough , I think , ’ he said softly , as his hands traced a deliberately sensuous path over the clinging wetness of her shirt and came to rest for the briefest of moments on the raised outline of her breasts . |
| 7 | How much would you be prepared to pay for the two of you to go to Pwllheli by bus and train ? |
| 8 | Paul Bedworth , 19 , allegedly found a way to pay for the thousands of hours he spent connected to transatlantic computer networks . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's no one of any consequence in London at the moment , ’ she told him , ‘ but you wo n't be able to move for the millions of nobodies going to look at the Tower . ’ |
| 10 | We had about two months to prepare for the seven of them ; a period useful not only for the co-ordinating of the PR assault but also , I believe , a safety gap , a firebreak , a time in which the military could take stock , an interval in which Goreng could see if there was to be a resurgence of the lost FAKINTIL in the hills . |