Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that . |
| 2 | The Girl was explaining how she thought perhaps she ought to make some kind of thanks to them for their hospitality . |
| 3 | Leaving London behind to set up workshops producing simple functional items , taking the beauty of nature around them for their inspiration . |
| 4 | The accused maintained that he had gone to her home to ask if she had received a letter of apology from him for his earlier crime . |
| 5 | John Hill had queried Miller 's description and had published his views in Eden , or a Complete Body of Gardening ( 1759 ) and Justice retaliated in his British Gardener 's Calendar ( 1759 ) : ‘ I thought it my indispensable duty to give Mr. Miller his due , both from a love of truth and from a sense of gratitude to him for his public labours , as well as private friendship . ’ |
| 6 | I mean really severely handicapped so they really need sort of helpers with them for you know at least fifty percent of the day or something . |
| 7 | Just , just put a bit of salt on it for me . |
| 8 | Nuri was one of Egypt 's great landowners and the Khedive considered there was sufficient identity of interest between them for him to be able to use Nuri 's services without fear . |
| 9 | and my Japanese when I was in the States found the leaflet and when I cam back she said would n't this be of interest to you for my own and then she said and what about your project because there will be people there who write and dead dead true . |
| 10 | They were presented by the Treasury with £1,000 between them for their services . |
| 11 | The kindness of my Kildalton friends in thinking of me for their minister is encouraging as showing that no truly earnest , honest . |
| 12 | I 'll get in touch with them for oh dear I 'll get in touch with them for you . |
| 13 | If she needs to get in touch with me for anything , she has my number . ’ |
| 14 | Well I would think the Council would be delighted to have those details in front of it for us to have a full discussion and to make it known but thank you Councillor for all those details . |
| 15 | She had a sick daughter , a fractious grandchild and a life which needed rethinking , one in which she could , perhaps , occasionally persuade Liza to come to Penzance with her for whatever meagre amusement the place might afford : a film or maybe a concert . |