Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I mean for someone like me , I was saying that like , before I used to say to you I would n't eat all day , right ? |
| 2 | Nowadays we live in less saintly times and I long for someone to help me with my ironing . |
| 3 | I listen for anyone else behind me , but hear nothing . |
| 4 | I think I speak for everybody and say that we wish you well in this project . |
| 5 | Very interesting to have a review from you of the O D A's work , both with regard to central and Eastern Europe and the developing world and I 'm sure I speak for everybody in saying we are delighted minister that you spent the third part of your , your speech looking at the U N convention on the rights of the child which as you rightly say , is very close to the heart of Save The Children . |
| 6 | I speak for everyone here when I say we wish you all the best , and hope that for you ( pause ) ‘ the best is yet to come ’ . |
| 7 | I think I speak for everyone when I say we 'll all miss him . |
| 8 | ‘ I wait for nothing ! ’ |
| 9 | I look for one starting with a ‘ B ’ cos I know what that looks like . |
| 10 | It was not I suppose for anything other than the Flow that they came up as far as Orkney . |
| 11 | ‘ I pay for everything , and he lit another cigarette and exhaled furiously , glaring through the smoke at Bunny munching on the last of his tea-cakes . |
| 12 | Well they do n't usually issue , I mean I usually make so I ask for one in plenty of time . |
| 13 | I ask for nothing more . |
| 14 | When I ask for something it is because I think it is worth trying but in this case the very clear proviso about needing to buy was a strong psychological deterrent to investing the time and effort needed to learn yet another keyboard technique and language . |
| 15 | ‘ Christ , I ask for something positive and they come shooting at us from all angles . |
| 16 | You know it 's er it 's it 's a mystery force , and what I do for one in some way affects the million . |
| 17 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 18 | Very frustrating time I think for everybody that last sort of quarter of an hour , nothing really flowing properly , you coming under increasing pressure — difficult time for a goal keeper then ? |
| 19 | Er well I think for anything erm really profitable to be h to happen , a great deal of money needs to be put into it . |
| 20 | I 'm known to be keen to earn extra money on overtime , so I volunteer for everything and I get most of it because wait for it — I am prized ! |
| 21 | I settle for nothing . |
| 22 | ‘ I will find work and make money to keep us , while you look for something . |
| 23 | Er er and that they sit two hours doing e and exam you know for somebody who can watch at all . |
| 24 | The expenditure is the time you use for everything except private study . |
| 25 | Most of them will give you a written quotation for their services , in advance , if you ask for one . |
| 26 | Yeah , folk here just never been out since New Year , then she had to work at the hospital Tuesday , well Bradley said if you do n't feel fit enough phone up and we 'll send a nurse to you I said you 're bloody mental , you ask for everything you get , I said instead of phoning the nurse in , ah but I think Alison told me they both need a good , good bloody feed they do |
| 27 | and you ask for something simple — a return ticket , |
| 28 | You ask for something and , if they feel disposed , they will aid you . ’ |
| 29 | Now if you go for something reasonable , say a bungalow and a house , you 'd have no problems . |
| 30 | So if you programme for something which fails to materialise , then you should not blame or punish yourself , or decide it was not meant to be . |