Example sentences of "for [noun] and [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abundant evidence suggests that the landlord is a rugby buff his son plays for Waterloo and he also keeps 60 or 70 malt whiskies , on a shelf with the sub-title ‘ Medicine for men . ’ |
| 2 | But she did not forget ‘ sitting on me grandad 's rocking chair combing his hair and I can always remember him sat there and me stood up behind him : I 'd comb his hair for hours and he just sat there and let me . ’ |
| 3 | Claudia called for champagne and someone else suggested they put on some records and dance in the hall . |
| 4 | This is particularly true of nomadic groups , who have hardly changed their repertoire for generations and who still seek to weave the beliefs and aspirations of their tribe into the very fabric of their rugs , as a testament to their way of life and tribal identity . |
| 5 | you could sit and play with your teddies for ages and you never complained . ’ |
| 6 | It 's a factor in assessing value for money and we also need to have some idea of how the material will fit into our normal teaching pattern . |
| 7 | ‘ Keith felt very , very sorry for David and he always made me feel that I was a real bastard . |
| 8 | We deliver parcels , all parcels for Grattans and we also deliver for the Next Directory as well . |
| 9 | Er no I mean normally when most organizations when they call members together for a seminar , or a training course provide subsistence for lunch and we usually have tea and coffee do n't we ? |
| 10 | He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home . |
| 11 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 12 | He bought a country estate at Knowle , Warwickshire , for £10,000 and he twice served as mayor of Warwick , in 1713–14 and 1728–9 . |
| 13 | There were no facilities for sport and we never played football or cricket . |
| 14 | He 'd been on the roads for days and they still retained their winter mire , despite the advent of finer spring weather . |
| 15 | The imperial and defence campaigns perhaps did something to prepare the nation for war and they certainly prepared the parry to take the lead when war did come in 1914 . |
| 16 | They delayed revisions of the Factory Law which were aimed at strengthening protective measures for workers and they effectively opposed government attempts to grant legal recognition to trade unions at that time ( Taira , 1973 ) . |
| 17 | They had managed to buy the son of inexpensive terrace house which had been built at the end of the nineteenth century for workers and which still continued to be in a working-class area . |
| 18 | And from Alan the new flats here , Norman helped by Dave and other members has been constructing substantial timber stroke hardboard flats although a bit heavier than the conventional canvas they will last for years and they really do provide superb sets as has been proved with all three plays presented this year . |
| 19 | Dad hated old Gran anyway , we had n't seen her for years and she always sent me Californian Poppy Bath Salts for Christmas . |
| 20 | If I may take one more minute just to convey this when I was a child in South Africa and we demonstrated and the police would come you know , ready to fire ready to kill if necessary and you had to calculate how you can avoid that situation and then you try in your normal life after the demonstration to do something against the regime to organize people and so on , and then like a juggernaut the state comes and destroys all the work that you and others have done for years and you just see it as a child of what your parents and others had done . |
| 21 | erm I found recently found a Bestway pattern book and this is one of the pa the war time patterns they produced which is sort of shell shaped squares for patchwork and it really looks very effective . |
| 22 | This leads us to assume that there are such causes for behaviour and we then seek to know the reasons for this . |
| 23 | The matter was then referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for advice and they eventually reported ( in Re MacManaway [ 1951 ] AC 161 ) that he was disqualified . |
| 24 | Lee languishes for love and I gaily die out my life . |
| 25 | Amongst her many other interests , Ann initiated some of the first Medau Classes for children and she also worked widely with young folk through scouting etc . |
| 26 | The landlord knew me , for Benjamin and I often lodged there when we came up to town . |
| 27 | Apart from cartoons aimed at entertaining children , they are also used in educational programmes for children and sometimes for adults and they frequently feature in advertisements . |
| 28 | Well Dorothy got er , some to knit something for Bryony and she actually got too much so if I do run out if I have n't enough to finish this er er vest , T-shirt summer top , whatever it 's called she 'll have some . |
| 29 | Form 1A were assigned to Mr R. J. ‘ Bunny ’ Warren for Mathematics and I still have the reports he wrote about me at the time . |
| 30 | Everything always seemed to be crap for actors and you just had to put up with it — while the present corruption continued . |