Example sentences of "in [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The medium-sized town stations sometimes reflected the styles in vogue for their grander counterparts . |
| 2 | A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor . |
| 3 | The shadow spokesman for employment chose Grail engineering in cinderford for his visit to the forest of dean . |
| 4 | The group consisted of pensions administrator , ( previously featured in LINK for her photographic wizardry ) , four brave young ladies from the Key Street and Lower Brook Street offices and an editor in tow — to jot down the details . |
| 5 | His tone had changed again , and now he spoke like a worried father who still lives in hope for his son . |
| 6 | There are enough access difficulties already in existence for us to worry us . |
| 7 | ‘ Actually I 'm keeping the Australian connection in reserve for what I hope will be a final , knock-out blow , ’ Ross added , before snapping shut the locks on his suitcase and lifting it off the bed . |
| 8 | His venom , both actual and metaphysical , was held in reserve for his wife ! ’ |
| 9 | The parts of the Old Testament which cause greatest offence are those which depict God as a God of anger , who orders his servants to act in judgement for him . |
| 10 | The miller would then deduct a proportion of the grain in payment for his services . |
| 11 | Trent held eight of the fresh thousand-dollar bills folded in the back pocket of his jeans ; the original three for the charter augmented by a further five in payment for his agreeing to the rendezvous . |
| 12 | Not only was Gannon jettisoned with professional coldness he was , at least according to the Gannon camp , somewhat lacking in payment for his part in the writing of The Smiths next single , ‘ Ask ’ . |
| 13 | in payment for his rented room |
| 14 | He found working for the Maharajah so enjoyable that he refused to accept one penny in payment for his 18 years ' service , although the Maharajah supplied all his material needs . |
| 15 | Both Pyro and Nancy may have a claim in negligence for their injuries under the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson . |
| 16 | For example , emotional problems are often presented as justification for a person 's drunkenness , especially if they are female , and on one occasion a youth who had been involved in an accident but who had only just passed his driving test was let off with a caution by a policewoman in sympathy for his inexperience . |
| 17 | She cried and wailed into Sally-Anne 's skirt so pitifully that Sally-Anne 's own fear of the brute before her was lost in sympathy for his wretched victim . |
| 18 | I said , ‘ If there is naught else in Paradise for me but this delight which I have in my own nature , no other blessing will I want and not even the houris and sugarcane of Paradise will divert me from it . ' ’ |
| 19 | Three initiatives in particular " confirmed " their fears : a seminar series held in 1954 and entitled " Encounters between Poetry and the University " , which were ostensibly purely cultural but always became highly politicized ; a projected " Congress of Young University Writers " , planned for November 1955 by pro-democratic students and progressive Falangists , but banned by the Ministry of the Interior ; and the idea of a " National Congress of Students " , in preparation for which a manifesto calling for the abolition of the SEU monopoly of student representation was circulated in universities throughout Spain in early 1956 . |
| 20 | I therefore decided to strengthen and redeploy the AIB team in preparation for what would obviously become a major task for the next eighteen months or so . |
| 21 | American environmentalists are girding their loins in preparation for what is undoubtedly the most important meeting in the whole process . |
| 22 | They trailed 20–7 at half-time as Harlequins ran through their repertoire of slick back-line moves in preparation for their Cup final showdown with Bath . |
| 23 | LUSH , who fly to America next week in preparation for their forthcoming six-week American tour with Ride , have planned two secret gigs in the south-east at the weekend . |
| 24 | The players will train on the new pitch for the first time in preparation for their ‘ homecoming ’ First Division sell-out fixture against Portsmouth on December 5 . |
| 25 | Athelstan 's pleasure increased when-he saw that Benedicta , her hair now braided and hidden under a wimple , had a small basket by her side in preparation for their journey to Smithfield . |
| 26 | Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries also met on April 14 in preparation for their meeting on April 28 . |
| 27 | Supervisors have generally encouraged their students to read other theses , in preparation for their own efforts . |
| 28 | Or if an adult hospital patient with young children is known to be terminally ill , it should be possible to provide some kind of support for the spouse and the children in preparation for their loss , in order that they may work through their grief and come to terms with their new situation . |
| 29 | Local Galatic holidaymakers are now being invited to sign up and receive a free certificate of registration and luggage labels in preparation for their travel . |
| 30 | Tsunami , the long-awaited low-cost/high-volume Sparc chip , has been officially re-christened MicroSparc in preparation for its debut Friday October 9 . |