Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was already getting fed up with the hospital , and could n't wait to take her twin boys back to the large nursery waiting for them upstairs in the medieval castle that was now the family home . |
| 2 | She had promised to sing for them later in the evening if she was n't too tired . |
| 3 | ‘ It ca n't have been easy for them either over the past week , not knowing who they 'd be playing . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We can wait for them here on the highway . ’ |
| 5 | If the costs allowed on taxation are not paid within 14 days after taxation upon application ( Ord 22 , r 5 ) , judgment may be entered for them together with the costs of entering such judgment . |
| 6 | He 's waitin' for them now at the railway station . |
| 7 | and is Omar Hassan now riding for them too in the US ? |
| 8 | The issue of how to attract wider audiences to Europe 's museums , and how to cater for them once past the doors , will be the topic of a European Community conference to be held at the Burrell Collection , Glasgow , from 26 to 28 November . |
| 9 | Wearily , she began to look for them all over the theatre . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think that is the right thing for me just at the moment . |
| 11 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 12 | It was a bad one for me right from the start when I got involved in the spinning at the first corner . ’ |
| 13 | With the possible exception of grant-maintained status , for which I personally find it very difficult to see any merit or justification , the other provisions with potential threat for children with special needs ( open enrolment and local financial management ) are for me rather like the curate 's egg . |
| 14 | ‘ I work rather odd hours but you can always leave a message for me here at the cafe . |
| 15 | ‘ Now will you wait for me here in the dark till I take back the keys , and not imagine I 've locked you in to starve ? |
| 16 | Okay could you sign that for me please down the bottom there . |
| 17 | In these establishments , where one stays because there is no choice , the food is of a mediocrity , a predictability redeemed for me only by the good bread , the fresh eggs in the omelettes , the still relatively civilised presentation — which in Paris is becoming rare — the soup brought to table in a tureen , the hors d'oeuvre on the familiar , plain little white dishes , the salad in a simple glass bowl . |
| 18 | Too much for me now with the garden and all . |
| 19 | That tray had just been prepared for me personally by the cook ! |
| 20 | Membership benefits include some that arrive through the post , and others that are waiting for you just around the corner … |
| 21 | It 's interesting for you apart from the child . |
| 22 | There 's a slide projector at the back of the hall which I can control from the front so I may be aiming to get some slides for you instead of the overhead projector . |
| 23 | If you 've got some new material on him that you want to share with us , I 'm more than happy to arrange another lecture for you later in the term , but frankly , as you 've apparently given the same lecture on him for the past ten years , I can hardly be accused of interfering with academic freedom , can I ? ’ |
| 24 | Great support for you today from the local Bicester people ? |
| 25 | H how would you go to somebody like that and say well yeah we , we 'll be able to negotiate for you better in the future and we might be able to get more er be better conditions of service than you 've got now but as of now you 're gon na be paying this much more in contributions . |
| 26 | We 've been looking for you everywhere for the past hour ! |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been looking for you all over the house . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I should n't think there have been any shortage of women in your life who would have been delighted to make a home for you anywhere in the world ! ’ she told him waspishly , disliking the way he was making her feel a little sorry for him . |
| 29 | Ranulf the rat-catcher was waiting for him just outside the door , a sleek , well-fed Bonaventure in his hands . |
| 30 | There had always been a trap waiting for him somewhere along the way when Isambard loosed the reins a little , and it would be the same now . |