Example sentences of "[pron] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And thank you everyone for the lovely presents for our new home . |
| 2 | June had asked Hilda Lodge to thank everyone for the lovely flowers sent to her during her recent stay in hospital . |
| 3 | Janice sends very many thanks to everyone for the lovely flowers she received while in hospital recently and thanks also to the super evening she spent at Avery Hill Easter Party . |
| 4 | But of course these benefits did nothing for the increasing number of lone mothers who were not widows but who were unmarried or , more commonly , divorced or separated . |
| 5 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 6 | When the adjective is one which qualifies sense , one would expect the altered phrase to have become quite useless — perhaps even to be designated as ungrammatical — precisely because such adjectives require exhibition of the properties involved in the noun in order to have their own effect , by combining with those properties ; so , if the noun or pronoun head of the phrase merely indicates entity-hood without mentioning any properties , there is nothing for the sense-qualifying adjective to work on . |
| 7 | His production of Mrs Warren 's Profession for the National Theatre in 1971 steered cunningly clear of melodrama ; his Much Ado About Nothing for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1971 featured white parasols and sun-dappled lawns that seemed to evoke the world of Turgenev . |
| 8 | And yeah , they 've gone and re-credited me for the fifteen pound ! |
| 9 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
| 10 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 11 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 12 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 13 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 14 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 15 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 16 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 17 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 18 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 19 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 20 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 21 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 22 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 23 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
| 24 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 25 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 26 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 27 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 28 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 29 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 30 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |