Example sentences of "your [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blows your excuse for going down the job centre . |
| 2 | You strengthen your body and raise your diaphragm for riding forward and raising the horse 's forehand . |
| 3 | Remember that a telephone call costs your employer both money and time , and for those reasons your technique for making calls should be both planned and cost-effective . |
| 4 | The following pointers will help you improve your technique for making calls : |
| 5 | Your genius for copying the handwriting of the noble , the illustrious , the famous and the infamous is remarkable . |
| 6 | When you have to take a job , even if it 's a job you can mildly stomach … the fact that you have no choice crushes your enthusiasm for doing the job . ’ |
| 7 | And why should you give him all your money for doing something " |
| 8 | And of course we would raise your money for doing it . ’ |
| 9 | dir : Your programme for looking at process is all very well , but this is exactly what your lot , medical sociologists , have ignored . |
| 10 | Thank you for your recent letter concerning public rights of way to be listed in your programme for cutting each year . |
| 11 | Tablets should not be touched ( tip them in the cap of the container and drop them into your mouth for chewing ) and do n't drink or eat anything 20 minutes before or after taking them . |
| 12 | ‘ I beg your pardon for intruding , ’ she said , ‘ but I came looking for someone to serve me with petrol and I heard your voices and then what you said about Brownies . ’ |
| 13 | I ask your pardon for leaving you waiting at the door , but I 'm pressed , Owen , the days crowd me , and there are things I must set forward while I may . |
| 14 | We shall come south as soon as possible and review the situation and you must prepare your mind for returning with us until some suitable person can be found to share Bishopstow with you . ’ |
| 15 | : Performance and Fitness for Role ( FFR ) — Almost every software licence , constructed in California and sold in Europe , states that no application is guaranteed to do anything , worse still if it does n't perform it 's almost your fault for buying it ! |
| 16 | Well , that 's your fault for coming up late . |
| 17 | ‘ Nahum , dear , ’ said Elizabeth Bradford , ‘ we 're all used to your fondness for parting us from our wealth , but may we ask what prompted you to choose the Foundling Hospital this year ? ’ |
| 18 | In the locker room the steel grilles are pasted with letters that say , Thanks for your kindness for making a tough time much easier to bear , and , If it was n't for all of you there at the hospital I do n't know how we would have survived . |
| 19 | I could have smacked your bottom for taking me by surprise . |
| 20 | Basically you can set up your machine for making pleats and then knit in double jacquard . |
| 21 | Step 11 Draw up and then implement your plan for bringing about change . |
| 22 | You use phrases like ‘ instead of ’ , ‘ for not ’ or ‘ without ’ , to praise your child for desisting from previous bad behaviour , thus : ‘ Thank you for sharing your toy instead of snatching it away ’ ; ‘ I think you 're a big boy for not whining when you could n't go out ’ ; ‘ you got ready for bed ? without a fuss ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought that was the major issue — your motive for getting engaged to him failing to be the normally accepted one of true love . ’ |
| 24 | Let's say your friend misinterpreted your motive for acting as you did . |
| 25 | As you do so , try to build up a system of classification , explaining your basis for making distinctions . |
| 26 | " What is your fee for grinding my corn ? " she said to the miller . |
| 27 | Well we wo n't necessarily be using your package for doing this . |
| 28 | This is your night for receiving . ’ |
| 29 | Because it , as you say , you hit the nail on the head there you 've spent too much , they 're on your back for spending too much . |
| 30 | are you in possession , that you 're aware of any documents where you issue a request for the brochure to be updated in September nineteen eighty six or September nineteen eighty seven is there any document either in your possession or one you would get by another , from your request for updating these brochures |