Example sentences of "for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the identity of the lover — the woman — becomes submerged in the other lover 's desire for her/his body , one of the two may become afraid and want to kill the other . |
| 2 | ACET SCOTLAND : ‘ WHO WILL CARE FOR MY CHILDREN WHEN I DIE ? ’ |
| 3 | It was the price for my more materialist attitude , my seeking to occupy the middle ground , between absorption in life and soaring above the cares of the earth . |
| 4 | That Cupid will impose for my neglect |
| 5 | I remember the elocution teacher was very keen on the modern plays that were being published then — and I know we worked on Pinter which actually led me to use the part of Mick in The Caretaker for my subsequent auditions in England for a place in drama school . |
| 6 | All my life a preparation for my version of this combination ? he wrote . |
| 7 | I have my pocket calculator and there are always things which need doing for which there is no need for my big computer . |
| 8 | Much too big for my abilities . |
| 9 | For example , I have never received a personal letter following my stay to thank me for my custom . |
| 10 | I am big for my age and I did n't mind if he thought I was a young man . |
| 11 | The headmaster was getting a little too close to the bone for my liking , so I decided to go on the defensive . |
| 12 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 13 | Once she had left , I reached into my apron pocket for my packet of cigarettes . |
| 14 | I wondered as I fumbled around inside my apron for my cigarettes . |
| 15 | My full interview seemed to go reasonably smoothly so at the end of it I asked how long would it take for my money to come through . |
| 16 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 17 | As is my usual practice , I pruned the first year 's growth back hard to produce several stems instead of just one , and I have been well rewarded for my efforts . |
| 18 | For my contemporaries in the postgraduate school at Durham in the early 1980s , the inclusion of the scientism of the self ( to use Okely 's phrase ) became part of ‘ doing the business ’ ( to move to the jargon of my contemporaries in the detective departments ) . |
| 19 | I gather you 're a leading light in the arts — these are mine for my sins . ’ |
| 20 | Martin even cooked , every pan in the place , ‘ nothing too good for my wife ! ’ |
| 21 | For my merry member |
| 22 | I claimed it for my own . ’ |
| 23 | There 's nowhere for my clothes . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm due for my ride . ’ |
| 25 | The Language of Thought , is , for my money , the major text of the ‘ cognitive science ’ movement . |
| 26 | Well , now I want to introduce another of Fodor 's theses which , for my money , is as correct as the other two are false . |
| 27 | Now she thinks , not his cock but his tongue , I should have cut his tongue out with them , his slow quicksilver tongue ; for he partly took me backwards out of my joy , into an old timidity that 's there still ; and it 's made a meal of me sometimes teaching , when the sharper ones have had me squirming for my lazy luck . |
| 28 | Yes , smiles Harriet , tossing her hair , tearing down hovels and putting up Far Eastern hotels , I 'm making the world safer for my family — Bam , punch in the nose for Salim and Sharon and Michael … |
| 29 | The letter with my name in English on the envelope , a Moroccan stamp , and a list of requests from my family for a white bridal veil to go with my sister 's wedding dress , surgical stockings for my brother and a china dish for my mother . |
| 30 | The letter with my name in English on the envelope , a Moroccan stamp , and a list of requests from my family for a white bridal veil to go with my sister 's wedding dress , surgical stockings for my brother and a china dish for my mother . |