Example sentences of "[adj] for the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was due for the chop and you know it . ’ |
| 2 | The impact of Big Bang on GKR was especially profitable for the firm because it was well prepared . |
| 3 | There is a suggested minimum , but if , if , if it 's right for the person and they can afford it , that a minimum of forty thousand pounds is , is , is er , er , an industry suggested figure of a minimum . |
| 4 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 5 | With the expertise of a well respected manufacturer aware of the demands of modern catering , the hotel installed equipment which was right for the job and which culd be relied upon to help meet strict hygiene standards . |
| 6 | The supply chain project seeks to achieve this by focusing on future customer needs and driving them back through the activities of the business to make Guinness Brewing GB operate as effectively as possible for the company and its customers . |
| 7 | He made it possible for the duke and his eight-months pregnant duchess to rush back from Germany to Kensington Palace for the birth , putting up the royal cavalcade at his home in Shooter 's Hill on the way . |
| 8 | Because I am expecting there to be a conspiracy of silence on this matter and I intend to make it as difficult as possible for the Milettis and their friends . |
| 9 | But I I would n't er if I hear of a girl getting pregnant er you know now now it 's a very common thing I know , but sometimes I feel really sorry for the girls because it 's tying yourself fifteen , sixteen tying yourself down to children . |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry for the delay but there 's a preceding train in front , ’ called the driver through his intercom . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I feel sorry for the ref if he 's being hammered . |
| 12 | They should be standing here now as the party of high taxation , and saying sorry to the people of Wiltshire for supporting Kenneth Clarke and his team , for supporting John Major and his team , and they should be saying sorry for the part that we pa played in lying to the electorate at the last general election . |
| 13 | I felt so sorry for the horse while he was cutting his teeth that I pussyfooted around , falling into my old bad habit of asking Skipper if he 'd like to do something rather than telling him . |
| 14 | Dorcas suddenly felt almost as sorry for the humans as he |
| 15 | I , I feel sorry for the children because they 'll miss Kevin wo n't they ? |
| 16 | Mike Cotton , cross country secretary of the Cleveland Schools AAA , said : ‘ I feel sorry for the lad but there is absolutely nothing we can do about it . ’ |
| 17 | If a cat kills a mouse we may feel sorry for the mouse but we no longer accuse the cat of wickedness . |
| 18 | But you just had to do that sort of thing , I , we used to feel awfully sorry for the patients but you had , they had do it because they would n't have got a wash otherwise , there was so mu so much to do . |
| 19 | And they are they are very grateful for the service that we provide , which comes about because of our use of DOPACS and the quality systems that we 're introducing . |
| 20 | Leonora lay hugging a hot-water bottle in the noisy darkness , grateful for the warmth as she listened to the wind howling in counterpoint to the boom of the sea on the rocks below . |
| 21 | I suppose these two blind crabs of mine should be grateful for the variety that my work involves . |
| 22 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 23 | I am grateful for the opportunity that we have been afforded by my hon. Friend the Member for Eccles ( Miss Lestor ) to debate an extremely important subject . |
| 24 | I am very grateful for the opportunity that you gave me to speak to the NFU Branch Committee on Thursday last . |
| 25 | That 's why I 'm not explaining anything more to you , ’ she asserted stonily , almost grateful for the reminder that his opinion must not be allowed to matter . |
| 26 | Furthermore , she had grown to be grateful for the fact that their lives had drifted irretrievably apart , and she had prayed that things might stay that way for ever . |
| 27 | In fact , she was quietly grateful for the fact that he chose not to sit down to table with them . |
| 28 | Joan felt a trifle faint and was grateful for the fact that she was sitting down . |
| 29 | The United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association , which is meeting the legal costs of the nuns ' case , was ‘ pleased and surprised ’ with the ruling that the nuns should be paid the full market price of £1.42 each for the birds if they were slaughtered . |
| 30 | ‘ Although I do n't try to shock I do try to make the moment as vividly alive for the audience as I can and that 's a sort of crusade , ’ he admits . |