Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Opposition replied , ’ That was 10 years ago ’ , to which my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge ( Mr. Nicholls ) , whom I commend for this observation , said , that 10 years was a very long time for the Leader of the Opposition and 10 minutes was about the average length of every policy that he had put forward .
2 It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours .
3 I mean for this market research one , we ought to finish this tonight because if she comes tomorrow
4 My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’
5 ‘ My God , ’ he choked , ‘ how I long for that day ! ’
6 My Lords , before the Noble Lord sits down , perhaps I could ask him to remember , he was saying s how , how splendidly the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy appointed magistrates and I entirely agree , but they appoint them , not from a list that they 've constructed themselves , they appoint them because the keepers of the roles for respective counties propose names to them which they very carefully er selected by the very special and an an and complicated process of of er of er of of examination of people whose names come forward , I find in my case that only one-third of the people whom I interview for this purpose with my Committee er are the ones which I 've I propose .
7 Make a secret I test for each character ( Dwarf -10 , Halfling -30 ) .
8 I apologise for that omission erm it 's er erm one of those things that er er does I 'm afraid from time to time happen .
9 I apologise for any offence given but there has been another death , though one which may resolve the mysteries which have plagued us . ’
10 I apologise for any inconvenience caused .
11 I apologise for any confusion . ’
12 I apologise for any confusion caused .
13 I apologise for this error .
14 I apologise for this mess , ’ said Dotty .
15 I am sure that I speak for all district society presidents when I say that this is just not true .
16 And all the time I watch for some sign of awareness in P and M. None appears .
17 He even got himself a VC in the most alarming circumstances , but that did not stem my tears that I shed for this man .
18 I apply a multiplier of nine , it follows that the figure I allow for this period is five hundred and thirty four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence and the total cost of future care is therefore eight hundred and ninety four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence .
19 ‘ The things I do for that boy , ’ mused Mary , as she jumped off the bike and began to push it up Station Hill .
20 Erm on the back I think for each course we 'll we 'll have to try and fill in .
21 So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’
22 Er , you will not the first year returns estimated at at ninety odd percent I think for this scheme .
23 What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background .
24 Erm , the arrangement erm I think for this concert arise on the er er sheet which we distributed last week and the week before , er
25 I think for this department it 's important that we work as a team and we all get great satisfaction from seeing a complex job completed . ’
26 My fear is that I am not likely to serve on the Standing Committee , although I volunteer for such duty if the opportunity be there .
27 ‘ If by the other , my lady , you refer to the regard the prince and I have for each other , pray be assured it is not pain I feel — but joy , deep joy .
28 I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail .
29 I have for some reason a picture of a rather youthful military historian .
30 Finally I went to the Principal of the college , a sympathetic dame whose ear I have for any amount of services rendered , and told her I had decided that term must end slightly earlier for me than the others .
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