Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 2 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 3 | And in the fourth year I tend to do them an evaluation sheet , where I write down lots of questions about the project they have just done , and maybe get them to sit for a double lesson and write about the things they experienced and found out … |
| 4 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 5 | The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . |
| 6 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 7 | Do n't overfeed them to compensate for the fasting stage . |
| 8 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 9 | Cooking procedures : most of the meals do not need cooking , just add hot water and leave them to stand for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 11 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 12 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 13 | With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education . |
| 14 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 15 | ‘ Nor was I hinting for a guided tour . |
| 16 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 17 | I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark . |
| 18 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 19 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 20 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 21 | I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket . |
| 22 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |
| 23 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 24 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 25 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 26 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 27 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 28 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 29 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 30 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |