Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [noun] 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 | It does n't seem more than a few months since I was knitting clothes for her dolls — and now — ’ She held up her needles , speared through the left front of a pearly-white matinée jacket . |
| 4 | Pat Connolly was led away to incarceration and I was offered treatment for my facial injuries and an operation on my flattened nose . |
| 5 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Choak , how long have you been keeping house for your brother ? ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps you are blaming others for your stuckness , instead of taking responsibility for your own life ? |
| 8 | The creation of a good personal library is a habit to be encouraged ; now is an excellent time to begin , when you are purchasing books for your degree studies . |
| 9 | They think that if you 're buying things for your child — the computer , video and TV — you 're doing well by them , and they do n't need a cuddle . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He has picked her up , lied to her , manipulated her insecurity and ignorance , and she is asking forgiveness for her lack of appreciation . |
| 12 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Thus it is almost impossible to define the typical primary school , for although every school staff would maintain that ‘ they are preparing children for their tomorrow , , the approaches adopted to achieve this end are as varied and idiosyncratic as the teachers themselves . |
| 15 | Everyone wants an original T-shirt , and they are walking advertisements for your band . |
| 16 | ‘ Unfortunately they 're demanding payment for their services . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Mr. Wilson : We know that the Hon. Gentleman is advising both companies — he informed us of that in Committee and has said so again tonight — but is it correct that he is backing Strathtay for his own area ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He 's won awards for his skill , now he 's putting that to the test and hopefully earn a bit of cash at the same time . |
| 21 | Just to look at it was to do penance for her failures . |
| 22 | He was given £2 for his troubles . |
| 23 | He escaped a prison sentence after magistrates heard he was seeking help for his drink problem . |
| 24 | In 1920 he was appointed CBE for his direction of war material production at Doncaster works . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | A political career was now inevitable and in the July 1886 general election he was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth . |
| 27 | Now that he was crowned King of Scots , he was to pay homage for his kingdom to the English monarch as Lord Paramount . |
| 28 | He was paid £1,600 for his part in producing a football video nasty and it has cost him a record £20,000 fine . |