Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , my enthusiasm for authenticism in general and Norrington 's performances in particular should not lead readers to assume that the moment his latest CD goes in the tray I 'm all set to start spraying stars around like confetti . |
| 2 | In looking through my cases for examples of problems that I 've experienced with 50 millesimals I am conscious that aggravations are not one ! |
| 3 | Many thanks for your letter of 5 April acknowledging my cheque for £100 for the charities for the benefit of which the Swimathon was run . |
| 4 | And anyway , my search for knowledge about human behavior — surely it ca n't be dangerous ? |
| 5 | He should also have words with his colleague , Councillor John Ryan , who needs to improve the quality of his submissions to my Department for funding from central Government . |
| 6 | The ideal shot size has to be no. 6 and 7 for a 12-bore , with the no. 6 getting my vote for use with a 4.10 . |
| 7 | I ca n't remember feeling particularly ill , but my energy was now back to zero and my zest for life at a nadir . |
| 8 | Without my capacity for perseverance in such work as mere dictionary reading , I should despair . |
| 9 | Strategic decisions urgently need to be taken since , as I pointed out in the very first of my articles for NSS in January 1991 , the British economy is now in grave peril . |
| 10 | It is therefore natural to speak of my desire for coffee as the cause of my going to the kitchen ; a quite different kind of cause would be operating if someone twisted my arm behind my back and forced me to go . |
| 11 | for I was always keeping up my sleeve for sort of things we might do as opposed to R and M U have done |
| 12 | With you aboard , I would n't dare turn my back for fear of becoming fish meal . ’ |
| 13 | There did n't seem to be any space in my head for Anne at all . |
| 14 | I refer to my letter to EMI of 5 June ( copy attached ) and my request for permission for Oxford University Press to use certain tracks in a non-broadcast educational video entitled Project Video . |
| 15 | I do n't know whether you 've found time to consider my request for help with the publication of this response ? |
| 16 | I was delighted to receive such a tremendous response from transport companies , CIT Sections , and many individual members to my request for sponsors for the cycle ride which my wife Maureen and I did from Land 's End to John O'Groats on behalf of The Save the Children Fund in August . |
| 17 | My aims for Britain in the community can be simply stated . |
| 18 | " I do n't always see eye to eye with my father for instance about the way things are done here . " |
| 19 | ( See my comments for Upgraders about Wysiwyg ) . |
| 20 | Er , my claim for expenses for the park , which is on the agenda later come back to this , the cleaner 's wages , one trip to Newark , bill development er for Mrs Susan , |
| 21 | They telephone all day ; they run after me in the streets ; they bribe my barber for locks of my hair ; they make my life unbearable . |
| 22 | To our pleasant surprise we did not have long to wait before hearing that my application for transfer to Felixstowe had been successful . |
| 23 | I was successful in my application for assistance with clerical and photocopying costs . |
| 24 | I do n't want vast numbers of rare and special tropicals in the tank ( on this occasion ) but do want to indulge my taste for shoals of fish , which is what nature intended in most cases but rarely happens . |
| 25 | I mean one of the things I was taught when i my training for work with children , was that erm , it 's alright to use big l long words , for children , as long as you explain to them what the words mean . |
| 26 | The nurse ( just twenty-two and looking forward to her holiday in Greece ) checked my hand for bits of glass and then applied an impression splint . |
| 27 | My reason for dwelling at some length on this matter of accuracy and acquisition is that the assumption that they are identical is a corner-stone to the whole edifice of a theory recently propounded which claims to provide a solution to the problems of language teaching which have plagued us for so long . |
| 28 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 29 | So , those are my options for compatibility within an aquarium of this size . |
| 30 | From this rarefied environment of pure light and pattern , I would suddenly find myself winging across to Indonesia again , to join my brother for months of immersion in a different dimension of discovery . |