Example sentences of "for [pos pn] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next few weeks , with Eva directing me — which she loved — I prepared a Sam Shepard speech from The Mad Dog Blues for my audition with Shadwell . |
| 2 | This is usually the time of year she asks for my subscription to the Church of England Orphans and I wonder if she has forgotten me . |
| 3 | I am prepared — delighted even — to indulge in a little D-I-Y ( having just built a cabinet and hood for my 36″ × 18″ × 18″ and got the taste for it … ) . |
| 4 | The backdrop for my 36″ × 12″ × 16″ aquarium is constructed from three square lightweight cork tiles , taped to the backglass outside the tank with clear waterproof tape . |
| 5 | ‘ What I want most is for my mum to be well . |
| 6 | Suddenly I seemed to know why , to understood the reason for my presence in this small , forgotten chamber with its images of death . |
| 7 | When the fines were paid and Paisley 's martyrdom postponed , he responded by sending a telegram to O'Neill : ‘ Congratulations to you , the Minister of Home Affairs , the Crown solicitor , the Police and the Unionist Lord Mayor , on not permitting your own law to take its course , and on arranging for my fine to be paid . |
| 8 | I want to see you on your knees begging for my love before our time is up , and that will be all the satisfaction I need . ’ |
| 9 | The hon. and learned Gentleman will know that I recently had the privilege of giving the Sir George Bean memorial lecture in which I set out in some detail to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women the basis for my approach to such matters . |
| 10 | For those that like " -ism " sorts of names , the aptest name for my approach to understanding how things work is probably " hierarchical reductionism " . |
| 11 | I said , ‘ You asked me for my knowledge of these people . |
| 12 | Erm well I bought in two hundred pound on account for my cost to you and then |
| 13 | The sharing of genes means that it is possible to sacrifice myself for my sister in such a way that , even if I die in the process , a proportion of my genes will survive in the next generation . |
| 14 | ‘ By then it was obvious to me that the business had become too much for my dad on his own . |
| 15 | ‘ Since there is no use for my craft in this wild place , and since I have not chosen prudently . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , won a prize for my tomatoes at the Woodstock Horticultural Show ! |
| 17 | For my contemporaries in the postgraduate school at Durham in the early 1980s , the inclusion of the scientism of the self ( to use Okely 's phrase ) became part of ‘ doing the business ’ ( to move to the jargon of my contemporaries in the detective departments ) . |
| 18 | And Mercer says one point seven million is n't enough for my share of Hearts . |
| 19 | BOY , DID I catch it for my remarks about George Orwell 's 1984 . |
| 20 | Sir Edmund was out when I got back to the office , so I gave my new name and address to Rosemary and went back to the Temple to collect some kit for my weekend with Joanna . |
| 21 | As for my bevy of beauties … ’ |
| 22 | I did a great deal of work for my constituency as an MP and plan to do a lot more . |
| 23 | You have a love bite on your neck , yet you go on asking me for my views on the multicultural society , on secularism , on Darcian Monetarism . |
| 24 | I hope to be in residence by the end of December in readiness for my installation as bishop on Monday , 18th January , at mid-day in St Mary 's Cathedral . |
| 25 | Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department … |
| 26 | ‘ I would have loved to join the elitist few who have made 500 League appearances and , but for my spell in the Conference and my long list of injuries , I probably would have done it , ’ added McDonough , who netted 89 goals in 460 league games . |
| 27 | They 've all been very responsible and they seem to have loads of energy and a sense of fun , which is essential if they 're babysitting for my three-year-old during the day . |
| 28 | There have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and apologise for my attack at the time of Simon 's death . ’ |
| 29 | I , William Baskerville , write this for my sons in the year 1742 . |
| 30 | This incident set the pattern for my relationship with Frank Dick over the ensuing seven years . |