Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I was getting you back for one ! |
| 2 | I said I did not know — I did n't know what I was letting myself in for . |
| 3 | I was n't sure what I was letting myself in for ! |
| 4 | What I did get away with was arguably worse than murder , and revealed for the first time something of what I was letting myself in for by getting involved with Karen Parsons . |
| 5 | I felt that although what we had done in Orange had been severe and shitty , in choosing to go to Calvi and the Airborne regiment , I was letting myself in for treatment and discipline I could n't imagine . |
| 6 | I thought my boyfriend would make sure that he knew what he was doing , " cos at that time I did n't know what I was letting myself in for and also because he was nineteen I said to myself that he was more responsible . |
| 7 | Not knowing what I was letting myself in for , but feeling in the mood for experiment , I said I would have one too . |
| 8 | We have been starved of second-hand cars because nobody was trading them in for new ones , but this should change that . ’ |
| 9 | The boss said you were to take her out for as long as you wanted , sir . |
| 10 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 11 | It felt too much as if she was shunting him off for her own convenience , even though she knew that it was the only sane and sensible thing to do . |
| 12 | And he he caught her the other day , she was putting them out for the birds , she do n't like them but she said . |
| 13 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 14 | Bloody hell , we did n't know what we were letting ourselves in for . |
| 15 | ‘ They were taking us out for meals . |
| 16 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 17 | Few clients knew the probable losses they were letting themselves in for , were they to continue trading . |
| 18 | She was n't quite sure what he was summing her up for but he was certainly doing that . |
| 19 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 20 | He was saving it up for a rainy day . |
| 21 | Erm so he ju he was taking it over for a couple of weeks . |
| 22 | This thing he was putting himself in for was not ordinary athletics , but a curious hybrid of a sport which , it seemed to Jazz now , was so peculiarly rooted in the old British tradition that anyone pretending to come into it wearing a bloody turban was going to stick out like a clown in a gathering of clerics . |
| 23 | Make borrowing fair and honest ; bring bargaining between borrower and lender out into the open , with the borrower being given the opportunity to understand precisely what he was letting himself in for , and in that knowledge to make his choice . |