Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Don has always been kind to me and my opportunity for revenge came sooner , rather than later . |
| 2 | All is silent — the sun is set and as the branches of the woodland trees reflect in the gentle water of the pool I feel the whole of existence draw closer around me as my capacity for description dissolves into an experience of the infinite . |
| 3 | I found no difficulty at all in believing both these things , having been forced to extend my capacity for credibility to accommodate stranger and more terrible inconsistencies . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not a particularly patient man , and the thought of lying flat on my back for weeks made me feel almost suicidal , and if it had n't been for your parents — well , suffice to say that they were marvellous — ’ |
| 5 | I am a country living junkie and my appetite for magazines devoted to country life is insatiable . |
| 6 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |
| 7 | My feeling for girls has still the same nervous reverence of childhood or earliest boyhood , rather increased if anything , and only too excessive to be chivalrous . |
| 8 | My visa for Niger begins on my birthday , February the twenty-second . |
| 9 | In one of the frankest interviews ever given by a club owner , he said : ‘ I am contemplating abandoning my quest for silver to go for gold . ’ |
| 10 | As I grew older , my love for Elizabeth became stronger all the time . |
| 11 | My taste for asparagus comes from my childhood . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I hope that as long as my form for Liverpool improves I will be knocking on the door . |
| 13 | ‘ That will depend on my performances and I hope that as long as my form for Liverpool improves I will be knocking on the door . |
| 14 | She felt like a convalescent after a long and dangerous illness , her strength returning , her enthusiasm for life rekindled . |
| 15 | It pledges their support for efforts to protect the Stockton Darlington Railway Line . |
| 16 | Green parties in Belgium have obtained government promises to introduce environmental taxes in return for their support for measures to introduce a new federal constitution . |
| 17 | Nutty was silent , her sympathy for Seb evaporating . |
| 18 | Roseberry 's musical background might go some way to explaining her ‘ good ear ’ as well as her sympathy for musicians trying to catch the attention of A&R departments . |
| 19 | Setting their course for harbours dim and far , |
| 20 | Without her being conscious of it at the time , her struggle for independence rotated around the figure of Hansel . |
| 21 | Her responsibility for Comfort brought her back to her senses . |
| 22 | Perhaps , ironically , the greatest contribution of the new OSHA regulations to worker safety will be not its strict mandate of universal precautions , but its provision for employers to encourage , provide , and subsidize hepatitis B immunization for all workers at risk . |
| 23 | The US State Department , while reaffirming its support for Mobutu remaining in power during the period of transition to democracy , also accused him of undermining the reform process and warned against further military attacks on peaceful protesters . |
| 24 | CAMPAIGNERS for Scottish devolution received little comfort from Bruce Millan , the European commissioner for regional policy , yesterday in their fight for subsidiarity to apply to Scotland . |
| 25 | Its struggle for existence has taken in 20 years of Fascism and six years of wartime occupation . |
| 26 | Her plea for companionship appeared in the Manchester Weekly Journal in 1727 . |
| 27 | Their case for arboreality rests largely on Lucy 's long , curved and heavily muscled hands and feet which suggest grasping . |
| 28 | The water authorities have not ruled out the possibility of flooding large Parts of the Dales , however , and , ever greedier in their search for uplands to despoil and destroy , will have to be watched carefully . |
| 29 | Moreover , the Commission made no mention of this Directive in its action for failure to fulfil obligations , which relates only to the nationality requirements . |
| 30 | Their talent for self-promotion ensured that many people turned up at the Ritz to witness the intriguing spectacle of The Smiths falling on their collective backsides . |