Example sentences of "and [pron] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ You expected me to drop my life and my career for you because that 's what a Majorcan girl would have done . ’ |
| 3 | I also wish to put on record my congratulations to the Select Committee and its Chairman for their hard work . |
| 4 | The authority also expressed its deeepest sympathy for Miss Howard and its admiration for her courage . |
| 5 | One of the major issues being addressed by the general SVQ pilot is the design of each qualification and its suitability for its target groups . |
| 6 | Different cultures have their own interpretations of the natural environment and its utility for them in the processes of survival and reproduction . |
| 7 | But it is no secret , for Demidenko himself loves to speak of that memorable occasion , and its importance for him . |
| 8 | Glenn Hoddle says they they do n't do things easily … they were the best footballing side on the day and its justice for what happened to them three years ago |
| 9 | Perhaps she was still too much like Miss Harker and her kind for him to feel comfortable . |
| 10 | For her ability , her kindness and her enthusiasm for everything she did she will be remembered . |
| 11 | When he asked if he could see her again the next day , she would not have dreamed of declining ; they saw each other for about a fortnight , and her enthusiasm for him increased with each meeting , though he said not a word of any interest in the whole two weeks . |
| 12 | Her talents and determination in building up a company , and her love for her family are among Tim 's most cherised memories . |
| 13 | She 'd stake her life — and her love for him — on that . |
| 14 | It 's a work that must have seemed to sum up the traumas of the war years and their aftermath for you ? |
| 15 | He strung the Poles along to the very end in order to keep their enthusiasm for his cause and their manpower for his army . |
| 16 | The central consideration of this chapter is the validity of these claims and their significance for our understanding of the mind-body relationship . |
| 17 | Cling to them , and their love for you , for the Place of the Succulent Rock is about to shake and tremble , and in such a time all a soul has is the company of its loving like . |
| 18 | Every day this week we 've been printing colour pictures of the team captains and their strip for you to paste on to your chart . |
| 19 | Yet he remained disgustingly cheerful and unputdownable , and his capacity for what he called warm , flat , sloppy Southern beer was legendary . |
| 20 | Chapman 's absolute authority over the team and his concern for their performance on the field was highlighted by the firm rule he laid down for match days . |
| 21 | Indeed , the only politician to emerge from the strike with his credibility strengthened has been the president of Kazakhstan , Nursultan Nazarbaev , who was able to persuade local miners to return to work , promising better conditions and his support for their demands . |
| 22 | You know very often , in fact usually the best way of working things out is to go right back to the beginning is n't it , it , to start off at square one and the trouble is sometimes we want to start in the middle , we want to pick it up where we think we can come in and it does n't work that way , we 've got to go right back to the beginning , and what is it at the beginning , well we look to see how God , what God 's plan and his purpose for us is , how God made us , it tells us there in the book of Genesis in the first chapter in verse twenty seven , that God created us to be like himself and you 've got to look in the mirror and I 've got to look in the mirror , not just the glass mirror on the wall , but into the mirror of ourselves and realise we do n't have to be intellectuals , we do n't have to be astute observers , but even the very cursory of glances will show to us that were nothing like it , if God made you and me to be in his image , then something has gone wrong , but that 's how we started , that is how he made us and in making us to be like himself that does something tremendous because it gives to men and women , it gives to human kind a status and a responsibility in creation , he did not make you and me like the animals , no matter how wonderful their abilities are , they 've got tremendous instincts , they 've got tremendous homing instincts , how that tiny bird weighing , weighing less than an ounce can fly thousands and thousands of miles , for the first time and come back , six , nine months later to the very spot where it was hatched out of an nest , now you ca n't do it , I ca n't do it , but for all wonders that God has put into the , into his , to his creative to his , in , in his creation , in animals , in birds and in other creatures , he has done something that marks you and I humanity out above and beyond all his others creation , he has given to us a status and a responsibility |
| 23 | He had been accused early on in the play by Agydeus that he was too barbaric to offer Zenocrate any amorous discourse , yet he manages to produce a lovely speech for her where he talks about he stunning beauty and his love for her : ‘ Zenocrate , the loveliest maid alive … whose eyes are brighter than the lamps of heaven … that with thy looks canst clear the darkened sky ’ . |
| 24 | The dear boy is very passionate , and his love for me making life now utterly happy , at the same time fills me with a sense of great responsibility . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't dream of coming between him and his work for you ! ’ |
| 26 | BARRY HEARN made millions out of — and for — snooker and has subsequently spent mi His rivals pretend to loath him , some actually do , and his enthusiasm for his players , boxers and loadsamoney schemes can appear OTT . |
| 27 | Typical of these is the Invective against France which survives in several manuscripts : it depicts the French as effeminate , combining the characteristics of the lynx , viper and wolf ; King Philip 's fraudulent claims to the French throne and his unworthiness for it are elaborately exposed with biblical and legal references ; by contrast Edward 's victories , secured by his virtuousness , serve only to prove that God was on his side . |
| 28 | They met , he insists , soon after , not before , he began presenting Dance Energy — ‘ I got talking to her and I liked that woman ’ — and his admiration for her today is obvious . |
| 29 | The revelation had devastated him , eroding his confidence and his desire for her . |
| 30 | ‘ And there is n't even a sunset yet , ’ she husked desperately as the fire of his body and his need for her swelled and swelled within her till she was writhing with sweet ecstasy beneath him on the dry , dusty cliff-top . |