Example sentences of "of [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 2 | ‘ I sent him ahead of me for the six-month quarantine , and the day he got out was one of the best days of my life . ’ |
| 3 | He 's a friend of the family , and although I was surprised to see him , Mum explained that he 'd come to take a few photographs of me for the family album — after all , it 's not every day you become a teenager . |
| 4 | I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes . |
| 5 | He was in command of the local corps of yeomanry and quickly gathered about ten of them for the defence of Carewscourt . |
| 6 | Two 900MWe simulators are in operation at the training centre at Bugey ; four more will be in service by 1984 , two of them for the 1300MWe units . |
| 7 | Even more interestingly , I understand that even some of Mrs Thatcher 's friends share this opinion and are proposing — some of them for the first time in their lives — not to vote for the Tories . |
| 8 | Seventy boys and girls from U6 to U14 played rugby — most of them for the first time ever . |
| 9 | These have to be married with the individual dreams of each business who , in addition to achieving the best they can ask for their business , have to perform and deliver what the board has asked of them for the company as a whole . |
| 10 | Hollywood 's worst in the movie line has recruited hundreds of them for the gangs of race-course roughs , motor bandits , and smash-and-grab thieves . ’ |
| 11 | According to forecasts no less than 2 million people will visit Seville in the six months of Expo , many of them for the first time . |
| 12 | Between 1947 and 1952 he produced no less than 300 short films , many of them for the Canadian Government , and on these merits he was appointed Director of Outside Broadcasts , Features and Documentaries with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952 . |
| 13 | Mary found tiger lilies and Hope , discovering Mr Robinson 's prize of six bottles of good claret , bought two of them for the evening . |
| 14 | From 1823 onwards he built over twenty in the region , a number of them for the commissioners for building new churches established under the Million Pound Act , and in 1829 he was appointed surveyor to York Minster . |
| 15 | Many people , both men and women , take up kung fu , not all of them for the same reasons . |
| 16 | The door had n't opened , but there had n't been another sound out of them for the rest of the night . |
| 17 | Others are saying , a lot of them for the last few years have been saying , this is ridiculous . |
| 18 | Any major phases or colonisation are as likely to have taken place in the seventh , eighth or ninth centuries , as Peter Sawyer has suggested , and therefore to be undocumented , as they are to have happened in the thirteenth century , when we hear of them for the first time from surviving records . |
| 19 | ought to pass a vote of thanks to both of them for the sterling work they have done and I would be more than happy to er thank you |
| 20 | the general administration of the trust is ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom ; and 2. the trustees or a majority of them for the time being are not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( TCGA 1992 , s69(1) ) . |
| 21 | ‘ These are vital training opportunities many of them for the most disadvantaged young people , ’ he added . |
| 22 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year , many of them for the first time , and we want to make sure the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd like one of them for the landing . |
| 25 | ‘ Very good , ’ he said , moving in that oddly stiff and creaky way of his for the door . |
| 26 | I wish to thank each and every one of you for the part you played during 1991 . |
| 27 | I am deeply grateful to each one of you for the care which this gesture signifies , a care for the diocese , for the people of the diocese , and a care for me personally . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 29 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 30 | Apart from joining us for the evening meal and when she ran short of pesetas , we saw little of her for the rest of the holiday . |