Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could I bring my dog in for his booster injection , please ? |
| 2 | ALIEN star Sigourney Weaver , 43 , above , is letting her hair down for her latest role as America 's first lady in a comedy called Dave . |
| 3 | In fact , she did possess mettle , though going round alone in the jeep was — I believe — just feminine carelessness , like the terrible state she 'd leave her room in for her maid : powder everywhere , pink for face , white for body ; her long , strong , glossy hairs in the sink , so you would have thought the orang-utan had been availing himself of the facilities and not a pretty young woman of thirty-one . |
| 4 | But people do not buy their paper purely for its politics . |
| 5 | We had read that the Toraja hunted heads until as recently as the 1920s , but they were feared by their neighbours less for their ferocity than for their magic , part of which was their unnerving reputation for being able to cause the dead to walk . |
| 6 | When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery . |
| 7 | They value their architects more for their business demeanours than for their designs , and choose them from a limited number of established companies , more valued for reliability than originality . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , picking her way delicately for his sake , ‘ the cloth still finds its way in , though not so freely and not so profitably . |
| 9 | Technical staff from the Theatre 3 group from Newtownabbey won a race against time to get their set up for their presentation of a Tennessee Williams play ‘ Suddenly Last Summer . ’ |
| 10 | They seemed to stare at her , examining her face minutely for her reaction . |
| 11 | Denethor clearly will not submit to the Enemy , as Saruman did , but he also cares nothing in the end for his subjects , while his love even for his sons would take them both to death with him . |
| 12 | The friendly little Asian appeared from another door and held his hands out for our tickets . |
| 13 | See all the firms I 've been to up till the Gas Board just gave you your money back for your pension . |
| 14 | No , I 've never heard that before , put your name down for your Christmas lunch |
| 15 | However , the company will usually use your details only for their own purposes — so that they can let you know about their new products . |
| 16 | This and other courses can be presented on your premises exclusively for your personnel and modified in content and objectives to meet your company 's specific needs . |