Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I have n't felt so sorry for her for years . |
| 2 | She had wanted some way of freeing herself from Gareth Davis and his demands and now , with no effort on her part , she was free of him for ever . |
| 3 | ‘ But I have conquered this disease before and been free of it for two years . |
| 4 | I 'm far too fond of it for that . |
| 5 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 6 | as if the police , or anyone else , will think there must be something wrong with them for them to have got such letters in the first place . ’ |
| 7 | There 's nothing wrong with it for God 's sake . |
| 8 | We should n't be surprised , and we should n't think that there is anything wrong with us for having tears in our lives . |
| 9 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
| 10 | In the end , he adopted the role of ‘ cockney writer ’ , a role which was genuine , and which showed the boys that Corrigan was interested in them for themselves . |
| 11 | The story is not interested in her for herself . |
| 12 | When his initial interest waned , the teacher paid no more attention to him : ‘ Then I realized what he was interested in me for and we ended up just walking past each other , completely ignoring each other . ’ |
| 13 | because of the look of it , when in fact that 's only part of it it depends whether he 's gon na be motivated there , they mo it 's not gon na need much motivation but if people are interested in you for what you are like , like they have been , yeah , and he 's experienced all , he 's been somebody special there has n't he ? |
| 14 | Essentially I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas and I 'm not interested in it for its own sake . |
| 15 | People were interested in it for about five minutes . |
| 16 | It 's a bunch of people , Universities , Publishers , erm some funding from Central Government , some from er research councils of various kinds are trying to make a sort of record of current usage of the English language and I think Longmans are intr interested in it for example f from the point of view of dictionaries and stuff like that . |
| 17 | The desire to ensure that the adult child retains an appropriate degree of independence can be particularly tricky in these circumstances , especially if she or he returns to live in the parents ' home and is dependent upon them for accommodation , child care , emotional support and possibly for money as well . |
| 18 | Since the newcomers are dependent upon them for neither employment nor housing , they are not inhibited by a web of economic and social ties from expressing their opposition to the opinions and activities of farmers or landowners hitherto considered locally omnipotent , Middle-class and well-educated , they even compete with farmers and landowners for positions of authority and local responsibility , disrupting or threatening to disrupt the customary hierarchy of dominance and status in the village . |
| 19 | The horse 's sense of smell is acute , and it is dependent upon it for adequate communication with other horses . |
| 20 | Her soul remained and would remain faithful to him for ever . |
| 21 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 22 | He would be oblivious to everything for weeks on end , then had short bursts of punishing anyone on sight for reasons like opening your eyes when waking up . |
| 23 | If , then , someone had to appear old to him for him to acquire the concept ‘ old ’ , he would never get started . |
| 24 | just this mixture of ambiguity and feebleness I think , when we talk about the provision of an acceptable level of public transport , I mean it 's acceptable to whom for heavens sake ? |
| 25 | It would not be acceptable to anyone for ships using United Kingdom ports to be treated differently . |
| 26 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
| 27 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 28 | Those who assumed that the cottage was owned by him , not her , saw her as the unmarried sister , dependent on him for houseroom , companionship , a purpose in life . |
| 29 | The second , and the one with which he is still struggling , required him to search for a means of making the pupils less dependent on him for their mathematics . |
| 30 | The mass of the population are made dependent on its for employment and welfare . |