Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used a variant of it in a pastiche of the 1930s story I wrote for the fiftieth anniversary of Collins Crime Club in 1980 . |
| 2 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |
| 3 | With all my heart I hope for the failure of that first book — no , volume , of mine , from beginning to end not trash , but heartless pretence . |
| 4 | concrete stairs and , George nearly killed himself on them one morning , but er , and we tried everything to get out of there you know , no one would exchange a two bedroom maisonette for a house and of course I longed for a garden , but , and er George got a job in Hatfield and they offered this three bedroom house The Commission for The New Town , rent was cheaper than here , so we moved over there , but er , as I say we were only there two , three years and we came back again , we were over here , we used to come over here three times a week , when we lived there did n't we ? |
| 5 | A psychological astronomer , I calculated its apogee at approximately 2 to 3 o'clock , unless of course I stopped for a drink . |
| 6 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 7 | I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’ |
| 8 | In the first part I argue for the inclusion of gender awareness as a valid dimension of educational analysis of the arts and , as a vehicle for this argument , posit a set of four general criteria which might legitimately be used by arts educators as part of a re-evaluation of the arts curriculum in this regard . |
| 9 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 10 | Unless one supposes there to be two categorially different kinds of appearances presented to the mind it will then seem that this flat circle must be the only object of visual perception , and the round globe I seem to see , the epistemic appearance , must really be a judgement I mistake for a sensation . |
| 11 | I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency . |
| 12 | The first piece I wrote for the New Statesman , almost exactly four years ago , began : ‘ People keep asking me , ‘ On what platform will you be standing for deputy leader of the Labour Party ? ' |
| 13 | ‘ If you must have chapter and verse — you remember that piece I did for the Statesman ? |
| 14 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
| 15 | In the camp canteen I looked for the woman who had encouraged me to come to what , by the minute , I was beginning to feel was a god-forsaken hole . |
| 16 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 17 | Then at top speed she raced for the keeper 's cottage . |
| 18 | We 've got ta do a new record card you know for the . |
| 19 | For the interview she opted for a cream silk shirt , and a tailored black skirt . |
| 20 | ( Calle 's show also includes , in the gallery 's smaller room , the piece she did for the Carnegie International about the theft of Old Master paintings from Boston 's Gardner Museum . ) |
| 21 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's just the horse you need for a competitive race like the Andy Capp Handicap . ’ |
| 23 | You should learn from this that it does not matter what side you choose for the base as long as you choose the correct Perpendicular height to go with the base . |
| 24 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 25 | It was freezing — literally — so after a not-too-exhaustive search we settled for a place that was warm and , as it turned out , very good . |
| 26 | However , the figure we gave for the annual input of carbon into the soil ( 1.2 tonnes of carbon per hectare per year ) include the carbon contributed by algae and photosynthetic bacteria . |
| 27 | First , many aspects of every action we perform for a reason are not uniquely determined by reasons . |
| 28 | With their eyes erect and fear in their speed they run for the safety of the waves . |
| 29 | In December , Stuttgart will host the Davis Cup final , in which the West Germans will defend the trophy they won for the first time by defeating Sweden in Gothenburg , and in the coming three years Frankfurt will stage the ATP Tour World Championship , which will supersede the Nabisco Masters in New York . |
| 30 | Lance Gardner , who works at the Castlefields Health Centre , Runcorn , in Cheshire , says the arrangement should give nurses the recognition they deserve for the work they do . |