Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | only insure our own league and so it , I mean insured for major contingencies and that |
| 2 | I was dead thin and not eating anything and then I got sacked for gross misconduct , y'know , for never going in and that . |
| 3 | I expected to pay for twin-lens versatility with loss of picture quality , but this was n't the case at all . |
| 4 | ‘ It was during the post-punk kind of period and I went through a series of bands , but I must admit I found working for other people really difficult . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd hoped for personal service , ’ said Giles . |
| 6 | She looked me up and down and adjusted my tie an inch or so ( I 'd gone for green silk and I now had two ties ) , then said : |
| 7 | Adopted just five weeks ago ‘ I 'd tried for other seats but had n't got anywhere ’ he has been staying in Northallerton with Jim Stafford , the cheery and down to earth constituency agent . |
| 8 | I wear them most of the time , otherwise I 'd arrested for indecent exposure |
| 9 | They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before . |
| 10 | The illness did , however , convince me to accept another of the points Mrs Hill had made and I decided to apply for social security money . |
| 11 | I try to babysit for different people ; sometimes I 'm so embarrassed I ca n't go back to a place . |
| 12 | It 's one of the things I try to do for selfish pleasure , glorious , indulgent , selfish pleasure , rather than for money . ’ |
| 13 | I love shopping for excellent ingredients and would rather spend time on this than anything else . |
| 14 | I had hoped for weeping willows , cedars of Lebanon , Lombardy poplars , seaweeds , perhaps deer antlers . |
| 15 | I had never lived there , although in my early childhood I had stayed for short periods ( but then my mind was occupied in forming pictures ; the time had not yet come for looking at those pictures , for interpreting them ) . |
| 16 | ‘ I told him how I had to go for special lessons and how other kids would sometimes laugh or pick on me . |
| 17 | My breath smoked and I began to feel the wind-chill even through my sailing jersey and the special anorak I had bought for southern latitudes . |
| 18 | I almost wish now that I had settled for chronic asthma with which to punish Miller , dispensing with the limp and the sausage fingers altogether . |
| 19 | To the west , I 've gone for hot reds , yellows and oranges , planting a red-stemmed Cornus alba ‘ Westonbirt ’ to make a fiery contrast with the golden conifer . |
| 20 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 21 | I 've worked for German Intelligence twice in this war . |
| 22 | During the twelve years that I 've been head teacher at this school I have waited for promised improvements at the crossroads , and in particular the Lane junction . |
| 23 | Yes , I have changed insurance companies and , yes , I have asked for written confirmation of cover . |
| 24 | And I have g I have paid for English lights just for the sake of a week |
| 25 | I have worked for Christian Aid , the ecumenical aid and development agency of the Protestant churches in the UK and Ireland , for seven years as Co-ordinator in the North West of England . |
| 26 | ‘ I refuse to pay for shoddy service ! |
| 27 | If you want to campaign for socialist policies against this government , join the Labour party . |
| 28 | I have heard of other appointments which she has blocked for similar reasons , and in my lifetime can recall no other Prime Minister , Labour or Conservative , who felt the need to exercise such petty partisanship . |
| 29 | She has to look for new friends amongst the ranks of the unattached like herself ; and until she has recovered sufficiently to become interested in organising her social life to the best advantage , her opportunities to continue to enjoy the pleasures of mixed company may be very limited . |
| 30 | And even so , she deserved to die for attempted treason . |