Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [be] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm Gwynoro Jones and I 'm the candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Hereford . |
| 2 | Er I , I was a messenger for a time for the er , we lived in Lane and I was a messenger for a time with the erm A R P headquarters in Drive , now when my uncle got married and he had two children and I 'd , they were issuing gas masks and I had to go down and fetch a gas mask for his daughter and they were great big ones that used to envelope the whole babies with a bellows on the side that the mothers used to have to pump when they were in them , thank goodness we never had to use them and erm |
| 3 | And you 're the man for me . |
| 4 | Kerrie and I both work — I 'm a Post Office driver and she is a telephonist for an advertising company — yet we still ca n't afford to rent privately or get a mortgage . ’ |
| 5 | The demand for working class seaside visits in Lancashire predated the railways and they were a convenience for , rather than a cause of , its subsequent growth … |
| 6 | He suggested that there is a new course and he is the horse for it . |
| 7 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm sure she 'd like a wee turn out and it 's no problem for me to look after the twins . ’ |
| 9 | I would suggest to this conference and more importantly to this government , that that is no way to lift this country out of the recession and it 's no way for us to run an economy . |
| 10 | But , as I say , Leith is in the preference , and it 's a preference for a lot of football fans . |
| 11 | And it 's a pound for the older ones . |
| 12 | All six had conquered hardships of their own to help those in need and Celebrities Guild founder Ella Glazer said : ‘ They 're all remarkable people and it 's a pleasure for us to reward them for work which might otherwise go unmarked . ’ |
| 13 | And it 's an opportunity for her and me to say a couple of words to us , and for us certainly to thank her very much for her service . |
| 14 | and it 's an ordeal for a young child |
| 15 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 16 | An employer is liable for the offence of ‘ using ’ an unlicensed vehicle if the vehicle is driven on his business and it is no defence for the employer to show that he had not authorised the journey if , in fact , the journey was on his business ( Richardson v Baker [ 1976 ] RTR 56 ) . |
| 17 | It was a mistake for Britain to join the ERM in the first place — and it is a mistake for countries such as France and Spain to stick with it now . |
| 18 | Obviously getting work is an extremely important goal for any child at school , and it is a goal for society that there should be as low a level of unemployment as is compatible with the advancement of technology and the efficiency of industry and agriculture . |
| 19 | The Crime Survey is a victimisation study and its main conclusion is one that has been noted , in a less systematic way , many times before : working-class crime is a problem , and it is a problem for the working class , since they are its principal victims , as they are of all types of crime : |
| 20 | I was very happy at Emmanuel Church and the University Congregational Society , and it is a joy for my husband Michael and me that we are still in touch with so many friends from CongSoc , and in fact some of us still meet every year for a few days in the Lake District . |
| 21 | It is still an important component of marriage settlements , and it is an element of prestige : it can give independence of employers and it is a security for a man attempting upward social mobility . |
| 22 | It is interpretation carried out within an existing legal framework : where a trust has actually been set up by a settlor , and it is a matter for the jurist to interpret or elucidate details . |
| 23 | Roosevelt was a dying man at Yalta and it is a matter for speculation as to how far his judgements were influenced by his health . |
| 24 | It is why butterflies warm up before flight , either by exposing their wings to the sun 's heat or by generating heat internally by vibrating them ; it is why lizards bask in the morning sun ; and it is the explanation for the saying : ‘ fast runs the ant as the mercury rises ’ . |
| 25 | The most prominent aspect of privatisation , as practised by the Conservative government , has been the transfer of ownership of assets from the public sector to the private sector ( as in definition 1 ) , and it is the arguments for this that are now considered . |
| 26 | It is an application of the program for determining the sequence of steps in the process and it is the process for which protection is sought . |
| 27 | Lyricism is inexperience , and it is the desire for glory . |
| 28 | And it is an offence for a man to commit gross indecency with another man : this offence usually concerns mutual masturbation or oral sex between two males ( there is no equivalent offence between females ) . |
| 29 | She was n't happy , she was suddenly plunged into all this pressure and it was a nightmare for her . |
| 30 | The prayer that occurred was in a small group and it was a prayer for power for the church . |