Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [adv] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … we were both pulling in opposite directions , and I felt Brian was siding with his mother rather than standing up for me or remaining in the middle . |
| 2 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 3 | Some spoilsports did n't turn up with a teddy , but others more than made up for them . |
| 4 | If Winterbottom had not played much hard rugby with Headingley , then he more than made up for it in those few short months . |
| 5 | Traditionally Christmas and snow have always gone together — and even though Safeway ca n't guarantee the weather , it does have a delectable , fully iced Christmas cake which should more than make up for it ! |
| 6 | Got away with it because the other bobbies saw me home and signed off for me . |
| 7 | ‘ Did he take the key away with him then or call back for it that night ? ’ |