Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's iniquitous , ’ he said on a shaky breath , ‘ that because of them , I ca n't even tell my own parents — let alone Naylor or Will or Hugo — about my love for her . |
| 2 | I tried to get the book for my sister-in-law for her birthday but most places were sold out . |
| 3 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 4 | And erm I remember I was I was about fifteen now and my young brother was only a little tot about two I think three and I remember my father came in and he did he went straight for my mam for nothing at all . |
| 5 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 6 | I know of hospitals putting people into private nursing homes immediately after their operation for what is called ‘ post-operative care ’ . ’ |
| 7 | Now that Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland have their independence back , they must look after their security for themselves . |
| 8 | We 'll all look after your mummy for you . |
| 9 | Whilst lying on his death bed , he whispered to his daughter , ‘ Look after your mother for me ’ . |
| 10 | Preparations for departure filled our thoughts and days : arrangements for Shanti to look after our correspondence for us and deal with our finances ; saying goodbye to friends ; making a list of unanswered letters to write while I was away ; contingency plans for situations likely and unlikely . |
| 11 | They are the daily fare of our news bulletins , but we rarely stop to think about their relevance for our own state . |
| 12 | She 'd told Fen briefly about her concern for her mother , her need to assist financially where her brothers were concerned . |
| 13 | These are calculated for our sample of 1608 men who were unemployed longer than 28 days and did not give retirement as their reason for their pre-cohort entry job . |
| 14 | Los Angeles took the census as its theme for its float in the Rose Bowl Parade . |
| 15 | This Plan continues to use 1990 as its baseline for its targets . |
| 16 | Laura chanted viciously under her breath as she sorted through her case for something to wear . |
| 17 | ‘ It sometimes takes one that way , ’ she said obscurely , hunting through her handbag for her cigarettes and lighter . |
| 18 | However , once again the results of its application as observed by practising solicitors raise grave doubts about its effectiveness for anybody other than the practitioners themselves ( Thomas and Mungham 1977 ) . |
| 19 | Pauline began the Meeting by thanking everyone for attending the important meeting before lunch and for their concern for our future . |
| 20 | Shortly after they entered the embassy the Beijing authorities had issued a warrant for their arrest for their involvement in the " disturbances " . |
| 21 | I was convinced of one thing : of the purity and truth of my love for you . |
| 22 | Be assured of my love for you . |
| 23 | You should n't have doubted the depth of my love for you but I understand why you felt so insecure . |
| 24 | You needed to be reassured of my love for you . |
| 25 | The measure of my outrage and anger was the measure of my love for you . |
| 26 | I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless . |
| 27 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 28 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 29 | I AM proud of my mum for her courage . |
| 30 | The area of my life for which you believed yourself a candidate is being taken care of quite adequately at the moment . |