Example sentences of "[vb base] for [noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well he 's a ministerial servant at last he was just sitting there and nothing you know for years since I 've came into the truth , he was , he was n't doing at all nothing and then lately erm , because he did , he did have a business and then he had er some pigeons er racing pigeons and all he was all involved more in making money and er you know , and then gradually he 's got rid of er , of the things that will actually er took a lot of his time , so he spent a lot of time with his family and with in the |
| 2 | Voters back the ruling party 's candidates because that is the way to win government grants ; businessmen pay for politicians because they depend upon government licences . |
| 3 | I suppose for hours cos I had loads from when I was teaching so wi that , I 've donated those cos our own children would never get to mark them . |
| 4 | Ask for chips and you get crisps . |
| 5 | Eventually the by now substantial crowds are ushered along the walls towards the square by the barely adolescent soldiers , some of whom ask for cigarettes as they do so . |
| 6 | I took a lungful of her perfume : the sort men buy for women because they like the ads or they can pronounce the name . |
| 7 | ‘ You search for colours until you find one that sings . ’ |