Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I found that he was universally right — by which I mean that I was answerable in my body and in my heart for what was done to my brother . |
| 2 | A Corporal appeared and beckoned me through to the kitchen ; he was taller and thinner than the other one and his arms were covered with rough tattoos executed in Indian ink ; on his right forearm were the words , ( My courage for my father , my heart for my mother , my prick for a whore ) . |
| 3 | This is the most difficult part of my story for me to tell . |
| 4 | If you got tired and worried , she 'd say , ‘ Come on , comb my hair for me . ’ |
| 5 | A friend does my hair for me , she 's a freelance hairdresser . |
| 6 | mine , with hair all over it , my hair for my brush |
| 7 | But you 've just argued my case for me , have n't you ? |
| 8 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 9 | Yet aside from that , my admiration for him as a person is perhaps as great as my fear of him . |
| 10 | Otherwise he remained throughout the meal in the best possible spirits ; and Margaret , who had not perhaps quite reconciled herself to my admiration for him , surrendered to his spell . |
| 11 | ‘ My personal feelings for you have nothing whatever to do with my admiration for your abilities . |
| 12 | ‘ So 's this one , mine — I mean — my present for you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ My enthusiasm for my cooking spills over into the restaurant , ’ he said . |
| 14 | You know my weakness for it . ’ |
| 15 | I AM proud of my mum for her courage . |
| 16 | The labels employed all apply to well structured integrated thematic work and , I think , fully support my plea for its retention . |
| 17 | ‘ The girls had taken my truck for their trip , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Erm I brought in the old flurry tape , I 've I 've taped I taped our when you 've read my play for me , I erm I taped it and I made a copy for Dave I you know , erm Cybil makes a good effort in that so eventually I 'll lend you the tape . |
| 19 | I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless . |
| 20 | My search for myself was throughout the universe and this is the moment of meeting and I wish that all my life will continue in the joy of a lasting reunion . |
| 21 | His mates nodded and one said , ‘ I agree with George , I 've never known such a feeling of evil and I am not risking my neck for anyone . ’ |
| 22 | And although for my own part it would be my ruin , yet so great is my veneration for you , so entire my reliance on providence upon so just an occasion that I should think myself but too happy if I might be accepted . |
| 23 | Doubting whether the traffic jam would have cleared by Wednesday , I finally arrived in time to miss my dental appointment and searched my mind for something pleasant to think of as I rejoined the traffic and inched my way back to the cottage . |
| 24 | ‘ Its head lit up , like it was probing my mind for something . |
| 25 | So they 've changed my mind for me . |
| 26 | You 've made up my mind for me . ’ |
| 27 | It made up my mind for me . |
| 28 | Between you both you have changed my mind for me . |
| 29 | I thought well that 's made up my mind for me . |
| 30 | I felt proud and grown-up as I made my way down the road , concentrating my mind for what might be required of me . |