Example sentences of "[pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
| 2 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 3 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 4 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 5 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 6 | Other 's forgive me for the wrong doing , and for the harm I do to them , but it 's only God who can forgive my sin . |
| 7 | ‘ I sent him ahead of me for the six-month quarantine , and the day he got out was one of the best days of my life . ’ |
| 8 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 9 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 10 | Five years ago , you nominated me for the National Executive of the Labour Party . |
| 11 | He was coming to stay with me for the British Grand Prix in three weeks , ’ said Lord Hesketh , now Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords . |
| 12 | If I rush it unsettles me for the whole session , and I invariably feel as though I have not done something right . |
| 13 | ‘ He was fit to be tied when I separated from Hugh , and he seems to blame me for the whole thing . |
| 14 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 15 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 16 | However , the number of applications received by him/her for the single fields depends on the ranking . |
| 17 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 18 | Once territories have been established by young fans , occupants are physically confined within them for the entire duration of the match . |
| 19 | If I present my ideas in writing , my father marks them for the appropriate offices … |
| 20 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 21 | If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings . |
| 22 | I LIKE The Cult , I admire them for the sheer daftness of their post- ‘ Electric ’ output — all gung-ho riffing and ludicrous lyrical conceits — and even found much to savour in the absurdly ambitious ‘ Sonic Temple ’ , where they attempted to sound like all their favourite bands all the way through each song , but ‘ Ceremony ’ is an extremely dull affair . |
| 23 | The difference being , of course , that in those days the phenomenon of semi-literacy did not exist and readers of Disraeli 's or Thackeray 's novels would neither mistake them for the real world , nor read them to the exclusion of all real political texts . |
| 24 | Between 1947 and 1952 he produced no less than 300 short films , many of them for the Canadian Government , and on these merits he was appointed Director of Outside Broadcasts , Features and Documentaries with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952 . |
| 25 | Towards the end of the second year some major or joint students of History undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for the final year and for the world of work . |
| 26 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 27 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 28 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 29 | It 's normally a place for quiet reflection in the midst of the commercial centre of Edinburgh , but this morning it 's full of books – boxes and boxes of them wherever you look – and people sorting them for the annual Christian Aid Book Sale . |
| 30 | At one time in the recent past , willow-pattern plates and dishes were very popular , but did people buy them for the sad story of the elopement they depicted , or only because they were fashionable at the time ? |