Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pron] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in theory under the personal command of the new Regent , in fact Will Douglas led , grumbling at having to carry so many lofty ones along when what was needed for this attempt was the toughest of mosstroopers . |
| 2 | From there he was leaving for a four-day official tour of Mexico . |
| 3 | At Kabrit in the meantime the L Detachment men were busily making ready for the departure back to Jalo , from where they were to head for Bouerat . |
| 4 | Then he transferred to Cheltenham College , in Cheltenham , from where he was expelled for obtaining alcohol . |
| 5 | The blanket ban on the publishers not only would have led to virtually nothing being bought for the borough 's libraries , but it would have denied the borough those titles which do serve the fight against racism . |
| 6 | Danny and Teddy had to be evacuated with their school and Bridie had found lodgings as near as possible to where they were going for herself and Monica and Michael . |
| 7 | Students of social policy often concentrate their attention on social benefits and social services and forget about how they are paid for . |
| 8 | So when you think about when you 're preparing for your advocacy exercises , the actual content that you prepare , although important , is not going to have the maximum impact . |
| 9 | ‘ Did he say anything about where he was going for this meeting ? ’ |
| 10 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
| 11 | He has no illusions about why he was chosen for the Fogg job : ‘ They thought I was someone who would n't mind the suffering involved — and someone who was cheap . |
| 12 | I believe the professional thieves are more ethical at least they 're stealing for a practical reason , not just for kicks . |
| 13 | Australia will be favourites , but at least we are prepared for a good old battle . ’ |
| 14 | We had a somewhat similar experience at a previous church I was at where we were looking for a minister and the , the man er who was , who came to us was again very nervous and excitable and so on . |
| 15 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |