Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for such " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case it was Shirley who had typed the card and she was in a higher or lower world that cared nothing for such trivia . |
| 2 | ‘ I have wanted to meet you for such a long time , ’ she began hesitantly . |
| 3 | She wished she had worn some make-up , then chastised herself for such a feeble thought . |
| 4 | Would those older cadets actually report him for such an infringement , on Lexandro 's part , of cousinly courtesy ? |
| 5 | The inclusion of this clause enables him to recover all loss , however remote , ( provided he can prove causation ) suffered as a result of the sellers 's wrongful acts , since the seller has , by the clause , undertaken an express obligation to compensate him for such loss . |
| 6 | Okay I that would have been okay in that particular case but you did come back to it as benefit , you say we have n't seen you for such a long time that was a not just look at your policies but to put a , a face to the name so I can become your point of reference |
| 7 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 8 | But he declared that he would be unable to recognize Roksanda , after having seen her for such a short time , and that only by the light of his master 's ring . |
| 9 | Has our education prepared us for such perplexing indecision ? |
| 10 | As I saw it , they were either downmarket Wimpy bars or precious bistros where all you could hear were the sounds of the cutlery hitting the plate , and people would cough before speaking because they had n't said anything for such a long time , what with all the hush . |
| 11 | She loathed herself for such pettiness , but she was so helplessly without any control over their relationship that pride or all that remained of it demanded that she administer these little pricks to his satisfaction , although she knew she had no hope of succeeding in puncturing it properly . |
| 12 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 13 | This " touched Booth more deeply than any lavish endowment " but lie was loathe for his officer to deny himself for such a long stretch of time . |
| 14 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 15 | I was kidding myself for such a long time I began to ignore the risks . |
| 16 | I 'd caught a glimpse of my face in the hall mirror once , when Gav was berating me for such rakish tendencies , and I 'd been smiling . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 18 | He was dressed in the garb of a typical construct worker , so that anybody he passed would take him for such . |
| 19 | I , I think most people would feel , we 've been doing it for such a while |
| 20 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
| 21 | ‘ Because I am running out of money , ’ she added , and she crossed her fingers beneath the light blanket which Miss Mates had thrown over her earlier and asked God to forgive her for such dreadful lies , and so many of them . |
| 22 | He swiftly chided himself for such thoughts ; he 'd been taught to shun physical contact , even on a platonic level . |
| 23 | Do you mean to tell me that the girls ask you for such stuff as you have been reading ? |
| 24 | I expected you to pay me for such attentions , my dear . |
| 25 | Shelley stayed in her villa , regretting the incident , yet blaming her chief for not preparing her for such a patient . |
| 26 | Thank you for such interesting company ! ’ |
| 27 | THANK you for such a fascinating glimpse at some of the features of Liverpool life in years past and some of the historic Echo stories of the past . |
| 28 | This was no doubt an acceptable enough decision on the facts had the EAT not propounded the thesis that ‘ if it was reasonable for [ the employee ] to decline these terms , then it would have been unreasonable for the employers to dismiss him for such refusal ’ . |
| 29 | Because there was nothing in Clara 's past that would seem to have fitted her for such recognitions : she was not bred to it . |
| 30 | Organising yourself for such a task is no easy thing . |