Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life , as John recalls it , was happy if hard , with not much time left over for fun after the daily toil was complete and certainly nothing to spare for luxuries . |
| 2 | There are not enough young girls playing , not enough of them competing for places . |
| 3 | You could see them struggling for answers and coming up with nothing at all . |
| 4 | They have short attention spans so do n't expect them to sit for hours on end without fidgeting , yawning or falling asleep . |
| 5 | Emmie said , ‘ Mr Sargent likes me to go for walks with him . |
| 6 | ‘ Now everyone looks for ways to solve problems . |
| 7 | Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . |
| 8 | S I well I asked for questions before , Mr , but erm what is your question ? |
| 9 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 10 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 11 | With this , well erm I was er after the first two years when I did n't get a referred lead or recommendation cos I , I had this fear in my mind that if I asked for names , they 'd actually not give them and that they would actually then cancel the policy they 'd taken out with me , I actually thought that |
| 12 | I asked for details of how well they had maintained their new figures or if , in fact , they had n't . |
| 13 | And , I applied for loads of jobs and nothing ever came back . |
| 14 | ‘ There are some suggestions I made for changes but this would not prevent me signing it . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't mean your chairs , I mean for visitors . ’ |
| 16 | I mean for years when I was young I was jet black and that was lovely . |
| 17 | I 've already got one , I 'm not bothered about that , I mean for kids I think , I think it 's a good idea because well then they do n't lay on it |
| 18 | I lived for months with real friends who loved England and could not get enough to eat from her . |
| 19 | If so were the figures I posted for corners etc totally false , or were we like ‘ Cobras with arthritis ’ again ? |
| 20 | In the summers I rode for hours on a white pedal car with a hooter and real spark plugs . |
| 21 | Where do I need for Kids ' County , what you rang up for ? |
| 22 | I trembled for hours afterwards , so Goreng 's medicine was effective . |
| 23 | Erm well I tried for years to live with my second husband and it just was impossible ! |
| 24 | Erm , I went on a diet last year , to one of these clubs and , within record time got to the weight I was supposed to be , calorie counting and then I had to come off and I found for weeks after feelings of terrible guilt if I ate |
| 25 | Even as I snatch for weapons , whip-tendrils seize my wrists and my neck . |
| 26 | It is a harmless pastime , and to supplement reading I send for mounds of travel brochures to help feed my fantasies . |
| 27 | ‘ I pose for photographs , for a fee , ’ he was murmuring , the wide mouth twitching in amusement as he noticed her fixed stare . |
| 28 | ‘ When I wear a fine coat , the working people that I want for models are afraid of me and distrust me , or they want more money from me . ’ |
| 29 | When I came for refreshments , I rushed through down the stairs and back again , walked into the bridewell , and called out for my refreshments . |
| 30 | often I played for hours |