Example sentences of "for [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depressed production , costly for Leyland at the time , is good news for investors now because it has endowed the Stag with scarcity appeal . |
| 2 | Anne came back with cigarettes and chocolate and magazines and said goodbye to Terry , then she said she would wait for Sarah at the entrance and left them together . |
| 3 | Someone sent somebody out to kill two hens ; a local gentleman , knowing the lie of the land , sent his servant to the inn with rum and sugar and an apology for not knowing of their arrival in sufficient time to put them up , and he had to leave for Inverness at the crack of dawn ; Boswell still had some bread despite the amount he had doled out to the Macraes . |
| 4 | According to Air Vice Marshall Peter Howard , who is in charge of selecting the astronaut , the Soviets can choose four ‘ finalists ’ but the British then decide on the two people who will leave for Moscow at the beginning of December . |
| 5 | No , I 'm going to fill in for Jim on the Canal project . ’ |
| 6 | The Director is also Commissioner for Mines , and vice-chairman and national representative for Vanuatu in the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission ( SOPAC ) . |
| 7 | The US Congress had since early 1990 withheld $84,000,000 of aid for Panama pending the signing of an agreement . |
| 8 | Hunt became a national motor racing hero in 1976 when he lifted the world formula one championship driving for McLaren at the age of 28 . |
| 9 | We need some more meat for Ben from the pet shop . |
| 10 | and then he kept , he was on , will you come and work for me will you come , I was working for Holmes at the time |
| 11 | The waitress who had been covering for Doyle behind the bar eyed the baseball bat questioningly when he returned . |
| 12 | Very much the same story as I conjectured for Nosema in the flour beetle and for the fluke in the snail . |
| 13 | When the crowd sang Flower Of Scotland deep into the final quarter of the match , Hastings responded with a brilliant diagonal run off a dummy scissors which would have brought a try for Reed in the corner but for courageous defending from Davies . |
| 14 | But it was n't all gloom for Cauthen over the week-end and a brilliant ride landed the Irish St Leger on Mashaallah . |
| 15 | Final preparations are underway for an Oxfordshire convoy heading for Roumania at the weekend . |
| 16 | The consultative group for Bolivia of the Group of Eight ( Western ) countries , in association with the major multilateral agencies , met in Paris on Nov. 8 and agreed to a total of US$926,000,000 in economic and development loans , reportedly on " very advantageous terms " , to cover the period 1991-93 . |
| 17 | Among the other contributors are José Marques de Melo , President of the Latin American Association of Communication Researchers ; Fátima Fernandez , Professor of Communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ; Hernán Uribe , Vice President of the Latin American Federation of Journalists , and Guido Grooscors , Ambassador for Venezuela to the Organisation of American States . |
| 18 | With the appointment of Shearman as the Board 's resident tutor in Bedfordshire and Baker 's appointment to a similar post for Cambridgeshire for the development of rural adult education , the Board 's rural areas sub-committee had emerged as a de facto permanent committee of the Board — a position constitutionally confirmed in 1932 through its formal designation as the Board 's Rural Areas Committee with Professor Barker as its chairman . |
| 19 | As there was no cave or other suitable hiding place nearby , the farmer made a bed for Peden on the ground amongst a field of standing corn . |
| 20 | Heavy going … another fall for Swindon in the promotion race . |
| 21 | ‘ I leave for Germany on the evening train , I 'm afraid . |
| 22 | For these , Hitler 's words were little consolation for the increasingly depressing outlook for Germany in the war . |
| 23 | I share the misgivings of my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook about the speed of the passage of the Bill . |
| 24 | The stall is booked for Saturday for the energy conservation bill campaign . |
| 25 | I groped for Toby in the dark and found his hands , and they held on to me , and I shouted again to an unknown listener as I had wanted to in the street : " I do n't want this ! |
| 26 | Ms Hutchison did not boost her case , however , by asserting in a recent televised debate that she is ‘ a fighter ’ who will stand up for Texas in the Senate . |
| 27 | He had represented the rural seat of Mid-Londonderry for eight years when , in 1953 , he challenged the incumbent MP for Foyle for the nomination . |
| 28 | Hundreds of New Age vehicles are heading for Stonehenge for the weekend , but they 'll be turned away and could head north into Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire . |
| 29 | Good Evening : Six hundred travellers ' vehicles heading for Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice have been banned from there , so farmers here have been warned that they 're looking for an alternative location . |
| 30 | Beryl also welcomed Rita Quick and thanked her for coming to deputise for Molly at the afternoon session on Devising Display Items . |