Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In this way , people lose their virginity , experiment with drink or drugs , run up debts , consider divorce and even vote for political parties they swore they would never support . |
| 2 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 3 | After this he or she might do supplementary work , at higher rates of pay , for private individuals who need their apartment painted or television repaired . |
| 4 | He helped form the midweek walkers ' club for retired friends who shared his love of walking and it was after one of their regular meetings that he died . |
| 5 | For different purposes we find it convenient to use words in different senses . |
| 6 | For forty days she banishes him to the stables and piggeries . |
| 7 | For some minutes it smoked its pipe and did not speak , but at last it took the pipe out of its mouth , and said , ‘ So you 've changed , have you ? |
| 8 | In fact , for some years I had my own dog , first Bess and then Judith , and she was my responsibility to feed , groom and exercise . |
| 9 | The verdict brought relief for some neighbours who said they 'd seen too many animals suffer over the years . |
| 10 | We also have a few little phrases in the UN 's so-called Global Plan of Action for Marine Mammals which give us a small hook on which to hang international actions for the benefits of both whales and seals . |
| 11 | But for six years I carried his image in my mind , determined that he should somehow be made to pay . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're offering a serious training course for real enthusiasts who know you only get out of a course what you put into it . |
| 13 | US goods would be targeted in an incentive scheme providing tax credits to the value of 5 per cent for Japanese companies which increased their imports of manufactured goods . |
| 14 | He might have shed his Lindbergh-like naivete and enthusiasm for simple solutions which made him an easy prey to authoritarianism and the meretricious appeal of Nazis and fascists . |
| 15 | Queen Victoria always needed the support of a dedicated man and for nineteen years she found it in Brown . |
| 16 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 17 | For three weeks I had nothing to do and I sat down and decided — I have recorded all these pieces before — to see if there was not something more behind the music . |
| 18 | Yeah I worked for fives years I 've plenty of practice |
| 19 | ‘ For these reasons I think there is a fairly strong case for marketing it as a health product but it will also probably be considered a luxury , ’ Mrs Rowan added . |
| 20 | He also became President of the Royal Society , so that for 5 years he led its activities in nurturing British science and ripening its fruits . |
| 21 | For 11 years they stopped me from coming back here . |
| 22 | D Dave to write a letter , saying for all projects I wish him to do |
| 23 | School meals were to be provided for all children who wanted them ( an obligation on LEAs removed by the 1980 Education Act ) . |
| 24 | But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study . |
| 25 | Besides those grants taken out of context or distorted , the endowment was blamed for many things it had nothing to do with . |
| 26 | He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity . |
| 27 | For many years he ran his own scaffolding company but the recession forced him out of business . |
| 28 | My best memory when I was at Primary School was that I was a member of a Gymnastics club and for many weeks we rehearsed our routine to do in front of the school and parents . |
| 29 | For ten years he combined his work at the hospital with a specialist practice in mental deficiency at Earlswood . |
| 30 | Mr Sheppard believes the task calls for accomplished generalists who know something of law , accounting , commercial practice , people management and administrative systems , without being confined to a narrow , specialist niche . |