Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where did you get the inspiration for the hairstyles you created for the Awards ? |
| 2 | If you would like to help , please write a letter stating the following : ’ Dear Mayor Gordon , I have heard about the work of the Buklod Centre and the programmes it runs for the hospitality women , including health education , English lessons , income-generating projects and night care for children . |
| 3 | PP : of course , Ben always challenged the artists he wrote for , extended them and offered new insights into the capabilities of their own voices or instruments . |
| 4 | Instead of flying the hedges he went for gateways or gaps and Artemis , seeing what he was doing , managed to steer her bolting pony on the same course . |
| 5 | First their report was published as a booklet , ‘ Hire purchase and Credit Buying ’ , which gave factual information about the various methods and the legislation controlling them , their advantages and disadvantages and the dangers they hold for thoughtless or inexperienced people ; and also a leaflet setting out some of the points to be taken into account when undertaking hire purchase . |
| 6 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 7 | It is also ready to undertake promotional activities on behalf of the English-publishers it distributes for . |
| 8 | Adam had viewed with near-incredulity his mother 's preparations in the past for going on holiday , the way everything in the house seemed to get washed , the way she and his father wore their worst clothes for days beforehand because the best ones were packed , the phone calls she made , the notes she left for tradesmen . |
| 9 | Erm , I work for Scottish Women 's Football and the plans we have for this year erm , shall hopefully encourage more women to come into the sport . |
| 10 | They began to drift into amiable silence when they had asked each other questions about their children and the schools , and the plans they had for their holiday in Ireland . |
| 11 | Oh , you do n't know anything about the plans he had for his dear daughter , and you stand there and talk of her marrying a man from the lowest scum family in Newcastle . |
| 12 | Dr. Clarke had himself been a surveyor in the town in 1765 : he also cultivated the art of perspective drawing , examples of which can be seen in the plans he drew for Whitaker 's History of Manchester of 1765 and 1771 . |
| 13 | The illustrations she produced for the book were based on copies of old master paintings . |
| 14 | The illustrations she produced for the book were based on copies of old master paintings . |
| 15 | If they 're whingeing because they have n't got quite the times they hoped for , then let them complain into your shell-like ear for a change . |
| 16 | As an agency working in the field of community development , the past two years should have been optimistic ones for Falls Community Council , as new money pumped through BAT has been made available to us and the groups we work for and with . |
| 17 | In the hours you allocate for work , sort out your priorities , reordering them when unforeseen circumstances arise . |
| 18 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |
| 19 | This change in female initiation patterns is also reflected in the reasons they gave for experimentation with heroin in the first place . |
| 20 | It means broadening our agenda and questioning the decisions on which it is based , the reasons we go for one story and exclude others . |
| 21 | We can see no merit in repeating here the reasons he gave for that decision since he pronounced his findings in that case in public , pursuant to rule 11(2) of the Hearings before the Visitors Rules 1991 , and the reasons were complex . |
| 22 | the reasons I think for doing it . |
| 23 | The reasons she advances for maintaining the book 's integrity are based on modesty of intention : it is better not to divulge the precise methods of punishment used by its Mrs Teachum , since the book is addressed less to teachers than to pupils . |
| 24 | In the summers I rode for hours on a white pedal car with a hooter and real spark plugs . |
| 25 | Since the values for E and G vary , of course , for each solid the values we get for the theoretical strengths will vary too . |
| 26 | ‘ He is ideal because he is both a statesman and an artist [ he used to write rather stodgy plays ] , and we believe he shares the values we stand for , ’ says an ICA spokesman . |
| 27 | The titles you choose for essays you devise yourself can , if you want them to , be made closely to resemble the sorts of questions you are set as prescribed essays or in exams . |
| 28 | The dimples she kept for emergencies suddenly appeared in Felicity 's cheeks . |
| 29 | Mr Major believes the concessions he won for Denmark 's Premier Poul Schluter can deliver a yes vote . |
| 30 | IF the sophisticated modern diesel engine now makes economic sense for small cars , the savings it offers for bigger cars are more worthwhile . |