Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Butler sometimes talks of a passion as directed at one 's ‘ having ’ its object , but it seems more satisfactory to say that particular passions are directed at occurrences , and that the basic one can not be directed ; t the occurrence of pleasure for oneself since this always stems from having something occur one wished to do so .
2 selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ?
3 It was difficult for them to appreciate that [ h ] -loss could ever have been anything else but a stigmatized form : in so far as they knew of evidence for it in earlier centuries , they tended to dismiss it , seemingly in the belief that ‘ vulgar ’ and ‘ careless ’ usage is not implicated in linguistic change .
4 The woman is the carrier of evolution for him in one way or another .
5 I 've tried to keep some level of consideration for everybody through this whole thing .
6 Radcliffe is not a wise choice of companion for you at this particular point in your family crisis .
7 He would have much preferred the hysterical crying , the accusations of lack of love for her to that .
8 THIS is the most outstanding area of life for you in 1993 .
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