Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me the idea for this footage . |
| 2 | This at once gave me the idea for the experimental design I wanted . |
| 3 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 4 | Dot said , ‘ Mrs Hollidaye gave me the money for a cab . ’ |
| 5 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 6 | ‘ Stapleton told me that he could not allow any other man to give me the money for my divorce , ’ Mrs Lyons said . |
| 7 | Peggy poured out the tea and handed it to her mother ; then sitting beside her , she said quietly , ‘ She left me the money for a purpose . |
| 8 | Ooh diamonds for investment , ah give me the money for them |
| 9 | the condition is there must be at least of 'em who are prepared to go , to bring me the money for the registration |
| 10 | You give me the money for it ? |
| 11 | You give me the money for it ? |
| 12 | She refused me the pavillon for a while because she discovered that in the evenings I met friends in town . |
| 13 | She said : ‘ I suppose selling newspapers gave me the smell for print . |
| 14 | The CNAA was a marvellous learning process which … drove me into intimate contact with a wide range of higher education courses , in dance primarily , which taught me the criteria for judging dance as a higher education subject … |
| 15 | George pointed wordlessly to an immense tank of water and with amusement showed me the system for telling the quantity of the contents . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , with all my lack of experience , the chairman of the division unhesitatingly gave me the responsibility for leading the mission , and it proved to be a turning point in my career . |
| 17 | Can you tell me the procedure for getting a book published ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me the date for the birth had changed ? |
| 19 | Cos I do n't think they 'll give me the shopping for nothing and there 's no bank down Rainbow . |
| 20 | A correspondent sent me the programme for the Annual Social of the Female Caseroom at the Ballantyne Press , held in Swan 's Tea Rooms in April 1906 . |
| 21 | ‘ She — the lady , your wife — explained to me the reason for your behaviour the day you left Kinsai . |
| 22 | ‘ But he 's kindly offered to lend me the flat for a while , until I can find something more permanent . ’ |
| 23 | Tell me the truth for once . |
| 24 | But for me the agent for personality change is not hormonal . |
| 25 | yeah get me the box for this one then |
| 26 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 27 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 28 | I had no intention of giving trouble or offence to anyone , not me , but the case-officer discerned in me the potential for terrible trouble . |
| 29 | Their standards of excellence won them the award for best staff restaurant , and they finished in joint second place overall out of all the shops , cafes , hotels , restaurants and canteens in the district . |
| 30 | Since the industry is in any case organized in some particulars by the Milk Marketing Board , a governmental agency , why not award them the contract for nationwide milk supply ? |