Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past ten years she has been teaching part time at Roedean and between 1987–9 she completed a part time M.A. at Sussex University in Northern Renaissance Studies . |
| 2 | ( Confidingly ) Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the Rape of the Sabine Women — or rather woman , or rather Alfred — ( Over his shoulder ) Get your skirt on , Alfred — ( The BOY starts struggling into a female robe. ) … and for eight you can participate . |
| 3 | No one saw Charles and Dimity arrive , and for that they were grateful . |
| 4 | She was very kind to the patients , and for that they would gladly have forgiven her personal idiosyncrasies , if they noticed them , which was unlikely . |
| 5 | He wanted to do a Beatle medley and for that we made four cut-out caricatures of The Beatles in hardboard and painted them and then fitted them on frames and easels so that they could be stood up and moved around . |
| 6 | ‘ At least Farrah is safe and well and for that we are grateful . |
| 7 | I mean , I remember mother saying that , you see mother had never seen the sea till she joined the Guild and they decided to save for an outing , and then the next thing I can remember was that we used to have these stamps every week and I think it come to two and ninepence erm and for that we went to Rhyl . |
| 8 | There was a recognition of the hidden agenda and the response of the Trade Union Movement was overwhelming and for that we are grateful . |
| 9 | ‘ You have been at some personal pains , ’ said the king in the same quiet voice , ‘ to bring us an eye-witness ’ account , and for that we thank you . |
| 10 | And for that we owe you our thanks , ’ acknowledged Matilda , unwittingly turning the knife in her listener 's heart . |
| 11 | We need to develop a good strong home market , and for that we need relatively light taxation so that people have more money in their pockets to spend . |
| 12 | But this is n't the worst of Saddam , I mean , this is er , a human tragedy for all the families involved and it concerns individual lives , and for that we 're always very upset . |
| 13 | It expressed the feelings of many with its claim : " In moral terms we are creditors ; and for that we shall pay $140 million a year for the rest of the twentieth century . " |
| 14 | Now to this week 's competition , and for that we 've the ideal garment for winter sports fans . |
| 15 | to get in , three fifty each and then we paid another six pound , ten P and for that we had popcorn , Minstrels , one large Coke , a lot bigger than that and two small ones , and of course everything 's got like all this on |
| 16 | And for that we 'll pay the girls a retainer if you like to deliver from one customer to thirteen customers on that Saturday . |
| 17 | But one thing , on behalf of the museum services , I would like to thank Doreen Griffiths for the help she gave us in our exhibition , ’ Memories of Change ’ , which you can see in the exhibition room over there , and she contributed a lot of photographs , and her memories , and allowed herself to be taped and have her memories in our archive , and for that we give her a great thank , because it 's not always easy for the , sometimes for the first time to begin talking into a tape-recorder , so we thank her very much , and thank you very much for coming in and performing for us today ! |
| 18 | But the poem of his that he most needed reassurance about was Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) , and for that he had to wait a long time . |
| 19 | I was the first person to take him simply as he was , and for that he showed his gratitude by giving me a light kiss on the cheek in the darkened carriage . |
| 20 | Nicky has to find somewhere to live , and for that he needs money … . |
| 21 | He also underpaid us and for that he will be eternally grateful . ’ |
| 22 | Anna Patricia O'Neil was born at a quarter after two the next morning , so Denis did n't get his Patrick after all , nor even his Denis , but he got his much-loved and hard-worked Hana back and for that he was grateful . |
| 23 | He is so particular about everything , and for that he deservedly gets terrific results . |
| 24 | And for that he was butchered , for that he is dead . |
| 25 | Saddam is seen as the Third World leader who dared to challenge the established order imposed by the West , and for that he must be punished and his country destroyed . |
| 26 | In faction-ridden and difficult times for governments , Bubwith 's value had been his simple ability to keep the wheels turning , and for that he was well rewarded . |
| 27 | Maria Filippa understood his lassitude , condoned his inertia ; and for that he felt an overwhelming gratitude , because he knew other wives who would have grown impatient with such a husband , who had begun so promising , so full of the future and then … what with headaches , lack of nerve , had found he no longer had the energy , the stomach for getting on . |
| 28 | He was therefore interested in stepping up controlled deliveries , and for that he needed intelligent , well-motivated CIs who could pose as suppliers . |
| 29 | I stopped his neighbours burning his house once , and for that he owes me . |
| 30 | And the man had made a slight slip , and for that he was being penalized . |