Example sentences of "[noun sg] present for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Femme by Rochas was originally created by Marcel Rochas in 1944 as a wedding present for his new bride . |
| 2 | It was commissioned in 1865 by Lord Walsingham as a wedding present for his eldest daughter and took the finest craftsmen five years to complete . |
| 3 | The later fate of the Sancy diamond has not been established with complete certainty , but it was probably the stone bought by William Waldorf Astor , 1 st Viscount Astor , in 1906 as a wedding present for his son . |
| 4 | It 's a graduation present for her , so it is . ’ |
| 5 | She took one step forward and picked up the paperweight from the vicar 's desk — a large pebble upon which Mrs Longhill had painted wild flowers as a birthday present for her husband . |
| 6 | Buy a birthday present for my grandmother on the way to work . |
| 7 | It was a birthday present for his wife , could the business travel team retrieve it for him ? |
| 8 | Or was it , instead , a surprise present for her ? |
| 9 | The 23-year-old said : ‘ This is a great Christmas present for me . |
| 10 | - You have a brilliant idea for a Christmas present for somebody . |
| 11 | POSH gifts group Aspreys is thought to have lined up a late Christmas present for itself . |
| 12 | All the same , it makes an ideal Christmas present for your dad . |
| 13 | A fairy tale Christmas present for your hostess |
| 14 | As far as property damage is concerned , the provisions are really aimed at the consumer market , so , if you buy a home computer as a Christmas present for your uncle and because of a fault it catches fire and causes £1,500 of damage to his house , then your uncle will have a claim under the 1987 Act against the manufacturer of the computer for the damage to the house and furniture . |
| 15 | Colourful and with good artwork , this would make an appropriate Christmas present for anyone who has laughed with the RAF at some time . |