Example sentences of "and [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Don has always been kind to me and my opportunity for revenge came sooner , rather than later . |
| 2 | These days there 's a mastic type compound for every situation , and my favourite for external use us a one-part polysulphide , available in cartridge form for use in a skeleton gun . |
| 3 | Did it involve National Velvet and my asking for an autograph ? |
| 4 | I am a country living junkie and my appetite for magazines devoted to country life is insatiable . |
| 5 | They had come to see the show and my guilt for neglecting them afterwards was eased by Pam and Kath , also at the show this evening , who entertained them in my absence . |
| 6 | I can tell the hon. Gentleman with the full authority of my office and my responsibility for the programme that if one cuts £6 billion from the defence budget no defence job in the country will be safe . |
| 7 | I refer to my letter to EMI of 5 June ( copy attached ) and my request for permission for Oxford University Press to use certain tracks in a non-broadcast educational video entitled Project Video . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Then you 've got to think of your references problem is the job that I 'm applying for is working in the school and my reference for primary school is Redland School cos that 's where I was I thought ooh yes that would be laugh if I apply for Redland School yeah great so it 's gon na come under wor work experience and reference I do n't know you can put |
| 10 | Please sharpen your scalpel and prepare me and my guitar for surgery . |
| 11 | I have realised that I am no longer a spring chicken by tour standards — 28 in February — and the wrinkles are starting to appear , so , to prolong my career and my enthusiasm for the game , I am cutting down . |
| 12 | Hasty eating and my anxiety for the General 's welfare , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 13 | If I were you I 'd save my breath and my energy for later — talking never proved a thing ; it 's actions that count . |
| 14 | Kirsty and my application for custody . ’ |
| 15 | I was weaned on a regular diet of Hollywood fantasy at my local cinema , The Grand , in a remote , windswept North-east village during the war years and my passion for Snow White , Grumpy , Happy and Mickey has not dimmed with the passage of time . |
| 16 | I ca n't remember feeling particularly ill , but my energy was now back to zero and my zest for life at a nadir . |
| 17 | My reading was not confined strictly to the syllabus , and my book-list for the period shows that I was prepared to read around it . |
| 18 | ‘ You expected me to drop my life and my career for you because that 's what a Majorcan girl would have done . ’ |
| 19 | In my statement to the House of 15 January , I explained th steps that I had taken to improve the first five environmentally sensitive areas designated in 1987 , my plans for reviewing this year those ESAs designated in 1988 , including any boundary adjustments , and my timetable for designating a further 12 areas this year and in 1993 . |
| 20 | I fancy my acquaintance with the Bard 's works and my gift for scribbling would inspire me to produce a dramatic masterpiece . |
| 21 | I also wish to put on record my congratulations to the Select Committee and its Chairman for their hard work . |
| 22 | By electing Dr Gysi by an overwhelming majority , the SED rank-and-file made a radical break with the past , rallying behind the party and its call for a ‘ democratic renewal of socialism ’ . |
| 23 | By electing Dr Gysi by an overwhelming majority , the SED rank-and-file made a radical break with the past , rallying behind the party and its call for a ‘ democratic renewal of socialism ’ . |
| 24 | Elitism will survive because of its suggestiveness , its plausibility and its capacity for generating explanatory insights ; whether it will be able to provide exhaustive convincing theories is another matter . |
| 25 | A Norwegian spokesman insisted that there was no contradiction between its wish to renew " sustainable " whaling and its concern for issues such as global warming and ozone depletion . |
| 26 | We shall have occasion later to examine the evidence submitted to and conclusions of the Bullock Committee , and it is sufficient here to note not only the submissions from educational and public librarians but also the committee 's support for the work of librarians in schools , and its welcome for the now-emerging courses leading to people dually qualified as both teachers and librarians . |
| 27 | This book is about that conflict of values , the efforts made in the last few years to come to terms with that conflict , and its implication for one of the major issues of our time — the reshaping of our farm policy , which , with the single aim of increased food production , has transformed the countryside over the last forty years in what is perhaps the greatest agricultural revolution since the settling of England began . |
| 28 | And its implication for the conduct of trials in ecclesiastical courts was that the processes of human inquest could yield objective facts which human reason was competent to judge . |
| 29 | However , you do recognize that Policy E Ten and its requirement for proof of need is important in regard to the boundaries of insets ? |
| 30 | Recognizing the impracticality of such an action it opted for a series of initiatives which were consistent with its fight against apartheid in South Africa and its fight for the presentation of a positive image for black people in the UK . |