Example sentences of "[noun] to [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was next desk to me for three or four years . |
| 2 | Indeed , leave all practical matters to me for all time . |
| 3 | Somehow the shape of the headstock does n't really go with the traditional body design , but at least Aria have n't tried to turn this guitar into a direct Strat copy , and more credit to them for that . |
| 4 | I pay tribute to him for first raising the subject of league tables for schools ' performances in the Bill that he introduced earlier in the year . |
| 5 | a nonsense to me for this reason , that there is in society the payers of wages and the receivers of wages . |
| 6 | It was like , get on to those bloody phone people , he said , I was on the phone to them for half an hour , yesterday , he said have n't turned up , he said , and I organized m I work around and everything . |
| 7 | er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this |
| 8 | He 's also preparing an interim guide to it for imminent launch . |
| 9 | Glenavon manager Alan Fraser insisted last night : ‘ Ferguson is under contract to us for another year and is going nowhere . |
| 10 | Although in this case the seller will find it hard to argue with the buyer 's concerns , where the seller himself provides the items ( even if he charges the buyer directly or indirectly for their provision ) he may well wish to keep ownership himself , either to tie the buyer to him for future orders , or to enable him to use the items for sales to third parties , even if this is to the buyer 's detriment , and against his consent . |
| 11 | Lord Lawson , as he now is , gives many ‘ through the keyhole ’ insights into the woman who lived next door to him for six years , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 12 | In 1170 he had persuaded Marie , Viscountess of Bearn , to do homage to him for all her lands — and this included some estates which , theoretically speaking , were within the duchy of Aquitaine . |
| 13 | But she took a dislike to it for some reason , she would n't go in it . |
| 14 | The winner of the best adult joke is Mrs May Jones from Prescot , and a T-shirt is on its way to her for this the Echo office favourite . |
| 15 | The winner of the best adult joke is Mrs May Jones from Prescot , and a T-shirt is on its way to her for this the Echo office favourite . |
| 16 | BISHOP JOHN CROWLEY writes of Bishop Harris : With everyone else I share a sense of gratitude to him for all that he has given to the church at both a diocesan and a national level during his 14 years as bishop here . |
| 17 | With everyone else I share a sense of gratitude to him for all that he has given to the church at both a diocesan and a national level during his 14 years as bishop here . |
| 18 | It came as a great surprise to me for some reason or other . |
| 19 | I note that now they have offered to construct a footway along this small section if you will dedicate the land to them for this purpose . |
| 20 | I take off my hat to you for many things — not least for the way you have kept the economy going these ten years . |
| 21 | His grandmother had been like a mother to him for most of his childhood . |