Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 2 | You just want me here for this . ’ |
| 3 | But now I really can not justify repacking them and squirrelling them away for another 40 years . |
| 4 | ‘ Had the care manager stuck to the initial referral alone , which was for respite care , she would have sorted them out for that , and that would have been it . ’ |
| 5 | He had actually taken the trouble of ruling them out for all his business contacts as well . |
| 6 | ‘ Let's get out of here before MacLane shows and tries to pull me in for this . ’ |
| 7 | The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal . |
| 8 | The scriptures are the comprehensive equipment of the man of God , and fit him fully for all branches of his work . " |
| 9 | Karen crawled into a sleeping bag at three o'clock , having last seen Jessica deep in conversation with a blonde-haired willowy type with beard and pipe who had pursued her earnestly for several hours . |
| 10 | We turn to God in worship , thanking him daily for all things , pleasant or not . |
| 11 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 12 | The public is being asked to believe that an ill-conceived government has it in for these companies . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 14 | Do n't I mean do n't , do n't buy it just for this it 's just that if you had it handy |
| 15 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 16 | Olwen has hers on for half an hour of a morning , Joe puts it on at half eight and dead on nine o'clock that immersion 's turned off . |
| 17 | Wednesday it went very well indeed , yes , I , we made forty four pounds , twenty nine pence on the day and then Betty went to Sawbridgeworth with some cushion covers and managed to sell them off for another five pounds so we got . |
| 18 | Amphoterics are high foaming and extremely efficient detergents but their expense tends to rule them out for all but specialist applications . |
| 19 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 20 | The voter is required to state his preferences , and to state them once for all , before any votes are counted . |
| 21 | At least you 're on the payroll , though , remember who put you up for that , eh ? |
| 22 | ‘ Then I do hope your devotion to duty has n't made you late for some pressing engagement , ’ he added suavely . |
| 23 | The worrying thing for other World Cup teams next summer is that , if and when Maradona recovers his best form — and he will most likely do so in June — then the rest of the Argentina side looks ready to set him up for another stupendous tournament . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've written him up for some medication to ease the headache . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I think he 'll be finished for this season , but we 'll bring him back for another crack at the Champion next season , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Christ , why had AD let him in for this ? |
| 27 | And last night he eluded his two markers to decisive effect although they shadowed him well for much of the match . |
| 28 | It 's alright for ha put it on for half hour maybe , you know , but you forget it |
| 29 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 30 | ‘ The courtyard of a house in Delft ’ dates from the height of his career and will doubtless attract much attention from around the world ( est. £4.5–6.5 million ; $6.9–9.9 million ) although it is well-known that Christie 's have been trying to sell it privately for some time and the current estimate is regarded as quite strong . |