Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is further acknowledged that each of the parties shall indemnify me for all reasonable costs of defending such actions and proceedings . |
| 3 | Please help me to know that transforming power of your Holy Spirit to overcome these difficulties , and please forgive me for all that has been wrong and selfish in what I have said , thought and done . |
| 4 | ‘ And you hate me for all that , of course , ’ Luke accepted neutrally . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you think you could possibly curb your dislike and mistrust of me for that one evening ? |
| 6 | The ground itself is not as harsh as the words I felt beneath me for that one curious moment at the Treasury . |
| 7 | No , I just was gon na go out and commiserate with you all for putting up with me for that long , well with you lot I do n't know |
| 8 | Thank you for taking me for that delectable breath of fresh air — it 's something I 'll always remember . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Car number one was bought by me for two hundred and seventy-eight pounds and sold for one thousand four hundred and twenty-five . |
| 10 | He 'd just hit me for two huge sixes , then slapped me savagely through the covers . |
| 11 | Yeah but er it really has knocked me for six this time . |
| 12 | Not getting me for any extra hours that 's a certain fact |
| 13 | It was not my instinct to go , but the group — including my wife who was with me for those two days — set the example and I grudgingly , guardedly accompanied them . |
| 14 | Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later . |
| 15 | ‘ You and your bloody mates fingered me for those three other burglaries . |
| 16 | I was up there three days campaigning , objecting to this that I 'm being charged and believe me for those three days I stood right in Queen Street , just outside the offices there , and at no , any time during , at any particular time of day , you could have come along to me , and there were still one thousand five hundred people standing there , rain , hail , sleet or blow . |
| 17 | That 's why he left me for some other woman — one who did n't booze and do embarrassing things , or get moody , or stupid , or passionate . ’ |
| 18 | Because the Kurecolor KC-400 Brush Pen range is easily portable — all 60 pens fit into a compact work station with a rest that doubles as a carrying handle — I took it with me for some outdoor sketching . |
| 19 | I expected to find a privileged crew , tolerating me for some positive press . |
| 20 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 21 | When A.A. Matveev went as Russian minister to The Hague in 1699 eight young Russians were attached to his mission to gain the experience which would fit them for future diplomatic careers ; and during the next decade members of several important noble families studied in Europe for this purpose with government backing . |
| 22 | Universities are supposed to ensure that all posts approved by them for general clinical experience meet the GMC 's recommendations . |
| 23 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 24 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |
| 25 | He says they stopped selling replica handguns because he suspected that some of his customers wanted them for possible criminal reasons . |
| 26 | so , she thinks like they were , they were on show these just for a wardrobe and a set of drawers for a thousand quid , he let her have them for six hundred , so she 's been and paid a deposit on them |
| 27 | And they quote epistles of St. Paul so difficult that the theologians , who have been working on them for two thousand years , have not got to the bottom of them . |
| 28 | And one was going to but it off them for two hundred and fifty thousand so my mate said , You make the offer at two hundred and fifty and you 'll help me , so I says , I 'm getting it for two hundred if I say , an eighteen hole golf course , and I 'll sell it back to them when they can afford to buy it back off me , right ? |
| 29 | But , I mean , they sell them round at Dash Hill for erm , they sell them for two hundred and fifty do n't , the shops |
| 30 | Well they 're three weeks old and she 's selling them for two hundred and fifty pounds . |