Example sentences of "for [pron] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will be wondering , what is the message of Christmas for me this year in the face of this or that problem ? |
| 2 | I love the very dark flowered ‘ Black Magic ’ , which did well for me last summer in a tub placed outside in a sunny , sheltered spot . |
| 3 | ‘ And as for my fellow artisan in the scrivener 's trade : Alistair . |
| 4 | I travelled back to Athens , partly in order to make up for my ignominious run in the European Indoor there in 1985 . |
| 5 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 6 | To get somewhere for my caddying I felt I had to travel , and I left home for my first tournament in 1951 at St Andrews for the Amateur Championship . |
| 7 | ‘ I played for my junior school in Barnsley then progressed through the various Yorkshire representative teams . |
| 8 | Charity Swindle There is still but one sponsor for my wicket-keeping efforts in the coming season . |
| 9 | I remember the elocution teacher was very keen on the modern plays that were being published then — and I know we worked on Pinter which actually led me to use the part of Mick in The Caretaker for my subsequent auditions in England for a place in drama school . |
| 10 | Staff Nurse Charlie Whitehead ( Derek Thompson ) was the very first New Man sex-symbol — confused , caring , heart of gold , yet often incapable and flawed , and Brenda Fricker 's sturdy performance as earth mother Megan led ultimately to her nabbing an Oscar for My Left Foot in 1990 . |
| 11 | Joanna Lumley may be better known for her recent performance in ‘ Absolutely Fabulous , ’ but she is also president of Farms for City Children . |
| 12 | Congratulations to Lucy Jackson for taking the opportunity to run Medau classes during August and September at the Pineapple Centre in London , and for her recent success in publicising Medau in various national magazines and local newspapers . |
| 13 | Needlework and laundrywork provided an effective class and gender strategy , designed to prepared the prostitute for her correct place in the female labour force and to re-educate her into an approved feminine role . |
| 14 | For example , assessment by a health visitor of a mother 's knowledge about maintaining a safe environment for her young child in the home would obviously be quite different from an occupational health nurse 's assessment of an employee 's risk of accident at work . |
| 15 | In this case it was a book , entitled ‘ Andrew and Fergie — the newly weds ’ , this was handed over to for her good attendance in the four years which she had gone to Little Stonham Primary School . |
| 16 | The insensitive reviewer had invented and made use of the horrible word ‘ Bowenoid ’ for the stories collected in The Blush — he found them penetrating and subtle but could not forgive Elizabeth for her good fortune in being able to please the simple as well as the highbrow reader . |
| 17 | Joan Moore , class secretary , sends thanks to her friends at Alma Road School for their gift of a plan for her new garden in Chelmsford . |
| 18 | He did n't say the vessel was jinxed , but after the sail plan and the interior layout had been redesigned and the ship completed for her new role in Antarctic waters , the B. J. Norsk Forsking , a drilling outfit operating in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea , struck a bad patch following a fall in the price of oil and abandoned the Southern Ocean project . |
| 19 | Even if Ellie had been quite and utterly sober , she would have still found the clothes which were paraded after lunch for her sole benefit in one of the salons reserved for such occasions quite irresistible . |
| 20 | Sometimes it was all she could do not to reproach Liza for her lack of consideration , for her supine acceptance in letting her mother take on the role which should have been her own . |
| 21 | If he had n't posted bail for her she would now be preparing for her first night in jail . |
| 22 | Adisa 's will be back for her first birthday in March . |
| 23 | Adisa 's will be back for her first birthday in March . |
| 24 | The remaining job sharer intended to provide locum cover for her absent partner in order to provide continuity of care to patients and ensure the minimum of disruption to the practice . |
| 25 | The other two national winners are Tracy Young , who was born with two holes in her heart and could n't walk til she was five — her prize was for her personal achievement in ballroom and latin dancing … and Ronnie Broomhall who is the first person in the country with learning difficulties to become a qualified amateur gymnastics coach . |
| 26 | Lori McNeil , the lowest ranked player in the field , pulled off a 7–6 ( 7–1 ) , 6–4 first round victory in the Virginia Slims Championships for her biggest triumph in nine years on the women 's tennis circuit . |
| 27 | Carol , a jeweller for more than 25 years , has built up a steady following for her original designs in the six years since she moved out of London and started her own business . |
| 28 | Mrs Stone of Low Stakesby House , Whitby , was awarded the MBE for her charitable work in 1977 . |
| 29 | Dixon 's verse is chiefly pastoral ; her preface suggests a source for her poetic impulse in the peaceful solitude of her youth in the country . |
| 30 | A writer should suffer and all that — it would be for her own good in the long run . |