Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [noun sg] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am taking responsibility for my life . |
| 2 | And , while her hopes dropped down to basement level , ‘ Now , ’ he added , ‘ I 'm taking Azor for his walk . ’ |
| 3 | Pat Connolly was led away to incarceration and I was offered treatment for my facial injuries and an operation on my flattened nose . |
| 4 | ‘ Mrs Choak , how long have you been keeping house for your brother ? ’ |
| 5 | But if you 're playing guitar for your own personal pleasure , which many of us do , then you want the guitar to talk to you — not to some non-existent person sitting fifteen feet away . |
| 6 | He has picked her up , lied to her , manipulated her insecurity and ignorance , and she is asking forgiveness for her lack of appreciation . |
| 7 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 8 | She 'd imagined the woman would have wanted to accompany Héloise de Rochefort to the private and expensive clinic in Switzerland where she was having treatment for her nerves . |
| 9 | ‘ Unfortunately they 're demanding payment for their services . ’ |
| 10 | If you are stuck in a boring job , concentrate on the fact that it is providing money for your needs and your pleasures and that it gives you a measure of independence . |
| 11 | Defence counsel Roger Eastman was awarded costs on behalf of the Marquis who was n't in court because he 's undergoing treatmnent for his drugs problem . |
| 12 | Just to look at it was to do penance for her failures . |
| 13 | He escaped a prison sentence after magistrates heard he was seeking help for his drink problem . |
| 14 | In 1920 he was appointed CBE for his direction of war material production at Doncaster works . |
| 15 | He was appointed OBE for his services during World War I when he acted as intermediary between the government and the distillers for the supply of alcohol for munition purposes . |
| 16 | A political career was now inevitable and in the July 1886 general election he was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth . |
| 17 | Now that he was crowned King of Scots , he was to pay homage for his kingdom to the English monarch as Lord Paramount . |