Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Opposition replied , ’ That was 10 years ago ’ , to which my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge ( Mr. Nicholls ) , whom I commend for this observation , said , that 10 years was a very long time for the Leader of the Opposition and 10 minutes was about the average length of every policy that he had put forward . |
| 2 | It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours . |
| 3 | I mean for one production you may need a wig another production you wo n't . |
| 4 | Depending how quick they actually okay them erm I mean for two years , three years now they they 've just gone straight through with no queries at all . |
| 5 | I mean for thirty years we feel like brothers and sisters with them , and it is unfortunate that Saddam Hussein has turned it all now against everybody . |
| 6 | Well I was gon na ask you if you knew any girls , I mean for seven pound fifty you ca n't go wrong , you ca n't even get that in town with a hat |
| 7 | I mean for this market research one , we ought to finish this tonight because if she comes tomorrow |
| 8 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 9 | My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ My God , ’ he choked , ‘ how I long for that day ! ’ |
| 11 | I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News . |
| 12 | My Lords , before the Noble Lord sits down , perhaps I could ask him to remember , he was saying s how , how splendidly the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy appointed magistrates and I entirely agree , but they appoint them , not from a list that they 've constructed themselves , they appoint them because the keepers of the roles for respective counties propose names to them which they very carefully er selected by the very special and an an and complicated process of of er of er of of examination of people whose names come forward , I find in my case that only one-third of the people whom I interview for this purpose with my Committee er are the ones which I 've I propose . |
| 13 | One as I say for seventy crackers . |
| 14 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 15 | Make a secret I test for each character ( Dwarf -10 , Halfling -30 ) . |
| 16 | I apologise for that omission erm it 's er erm one of those things that er er does I 'm afraid from time to time happen . |
| 17 | I apologise for any offence given but there has been another death , though one which may resolve the mysteries which have plagued us . ’ |
| 18 | I apologise for any inconvenience caused . |
| 19 | I apologise for any confusion . ’ |
| 20 | I apologise for any confusion caused . |
| 21 | I apologise for this error . |
| 22 | ‘ I apologise for this mess , ’ said Dotty . |
| 23 | Guess what I want for next year ? |
| 24 | I am sure that I speak for all district society presidents when I say that this is just not true . |
| 25 | I believe that I speak for many others , both in my party and outside it , who want to see a successful conclusion at Maastricht and who want political and economic union in Europe to go forward . |
| 26 | Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . |
| 27 | I 'm sure I speak for most Merseysiders in saying enough is enough . |
| 28 | I await for better selections and performance in the autumn from the so-called ‘ heirs apparent ’ to the Webb Ellis Trophy . |
| 29 | I wait for fifteen minutes . |
| 30 | Since time is something I do n't have too much of these days I look for other solutions like hats , turbans , scarves or wigs and pieces . |