Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] the [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view is confirmed , not only by the evidence of [ Mr. Bunn ] himself , namely that the wife 's signature on the Monday was a formality , but also the evidence accepted by the judge of what transpired on the Monday , namely , that there was no discussion between [ a bank clerk ] , the husband and the wife , who was merely presented the document for her signature . |
| 2 | He had hitherto resisted the pressure for his resignation , and had been supported by Prime Minister Felipe González Marquez , a close friend and political ally since the 1960s . |
| 3 | I must have made thousands over those university years , much to the annoyance of my own family , as I 'd rarely made the effort for them . |
| 4 | We have already stressed the need for you to keep your notes and assignments in properly labelled and categorised loose-leaf folders . |
| 5 | Connor had already prepared the way for them , and Mary was in her best dress , with baby Lilian on her lap and Danny at her side when they walked into the kitchen . |
| 6 | HAD Ford not already reserved the name for its forthcoming off-road leisure vehicle , Volkswagen might well have called its sporting flagship the Maverick rather than the Corrado — for it is , indeed , a car that goes against so many accepted practices . |
| 7 | You know I thought the keeper did ever so well , you know , made a couple of good saves in the first half and just changed the game for us . |
| 8 | Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless . |
| 9 | On a clear day you can see as far as Dublin from the Great Car of Donard ( or so they say ) , but mist or heat haze have always foreshortened the view for me . |
| 10 | I would have started with Virginia Bottomley , but , on reflection , I reckon her appointment as health secretary has probably done the job for us . |
| 11 | By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons . |
| 12 | The only thing that 's really captured the city for me was Dermot Bolger 's novel The Journey Home , which used the city as a backdrop for a universal story . |
| 13 | Indeed , except that she was deadly tired , she had herself almost forgotten the reason for her homecoming in the more important matter of her grandfather 's plight . |
| 14 | Television film crews have twice requested the engine for their programs including Granada TV for an episode of Sherlock Holmes . |
| 15 | He had not said , Frankly , Peter , you are not up to being Archdeacon , he had instead emphasized the need for someone from outside the diocese , for someone with ecumenical experience in urban work , for someone accustomed to ministerial care . |
| 16 | I have never forgiven the Government for what they did to my constituency in those two years . |
| 17 | In 1978 , it was estimated at 3.4% and various population planning agencies have therefore targeted the country for their attention.2 They argue that disproportionate population growth lies at the root of the social and economic problems confronting the country at the present time : |