Example sentences of "[pers pn] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We explained how the enjoyment of reading helps to develop children 's imaginative and aesthetic lives , enriches their use of language , introduces them to our cultural heritage and gives them opportunities for cultural analysis .
2 Well I 've been on them Diodides for six year now .
3 I t's for this year 's model , you see .
4 The hotel manager charged each of them £10 for three single rooms , totalling £30 .
5 Allowing the 1 cm of fish per 3.5 litres of water ( 1″ of fish to 2 imperial gallons ) rule to apply gave me room for five small fish .
6 Thank you Chairman for this .
7 Building Society or Bank : they may be willing to lend you money for extra security , and to add it to your mortgage .
8 Happy knitting and thank you MKM for such a brilliant magazine .
9 Okay , well I shall now give you evidence for that some which is straightforward , some which is a little bit more subtle .
10 Thank you Kate for all your work as Information Officer .
11 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 .
12 The form of words that he used were these : ‘ Lord king , I do you homage for all the lands which I ought to hold from you ’ .
13 Thank you Lynn for all your hard work .
14 Thank you Anne for that very detailed and realistic view of the potential available to the company er I 'd now like to call on Tom again er to give us a highlighted familiarization of the advertising and promotional campaign Water intend to pursue
15 Thank you Michael for that exciting view of the forthcoming plans for the expansion to cope with this new vibrant market .
16 Thank you Michael for that introduction which er could be likened to a poisoned chalice I suppose .
17 Er thank you Tony for that most illuminating insight into the bottled water market .
18 After three enjoyable years as chairman I believe it 's time to stand down I shall miss those monthly meetings at thank you Betty for all the tea and coffee making but I shall have many happy memories , I suppose to me the highlights were the fiftieth anniversary celebration and the brilliant production of Stepping Out .
19 Well thank you John for that very interesting talk , and perhaps the members of Probus would join me in giving you that
20 Thank you John for that introduction .
21 And so that there will be a a broad spectrum of people who with us confess a common faith , serve a common Lord and proclaim about our gospel serving within this number of people in Wales and therefore I 'm glad to bring you greetings for that reason .
22 It went ‘ the English , the English , the English are best , I do n't give you tuppence for all of the rest ’ .
23 Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . )
24 and it 's freezing even in summer and you just have to get under them blankets for another five minutes !
25 Give me credit for some discretion . ’
26 ‘ Lewis , ’ Hari said in exasperation , ‘ please give me credit for some sense , how do you think I 've survived on my own since my father died ?
27 He shall break clods or hoe from deep for 1 work and as much he shall make of them hedge for 1 work .
28 We say we registry for all market research services supplied by the company including long list .
29 She was a bit heavy-handed and we kangaroo-hopped for ten miles to a garage .
30 You still owe me bucks for those bigfoot noses . ’
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