Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I got there Mr Kordell was with Herbert Chapman and we went into a Lyons tea shop , where I signed amateur for Arsenal . |
| 2 | It was an effort for Leonora to wish him goodnight , an even greater effort to walk upstairs slowly , instead of running headlong to her room , where she lay sleepless for hours , unable to get Penry Vaughan 's handsome , cynical face out of her mind . |
| 3 | Any new ratepayer has six months to appeal from the date he or she became responsible for rates . |
| 4 | If the new person shows any signs of shock or fright , or if he or she stays purple for too long then give one dose of Aconite M . |
| 5 | He still stays in a church house and has converted part of it into a chapel , where he celebrates mass for 200 people every Sunday . |
| 6 | Soon the lawyer said goodnight and went home to bed , where he lay awake for a long time thinking about Enfield 's description of Hyde , and Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
| 7 | An order for such examination will be made ‘ where it appears necessary for the purposes of justice ’ . |
| 8 | So , in the meantime , I 'll just see how dreadful a time I can have , so that everyone feels sorry for me and I can avoid taking responsibility for my life ! ’ |
| 9 | It was a fearsome beast in a way although I felt sorry for it when Murchison was going to kill it . |
| 10 | Although I felt sorry for him , that prickliness in his manner made me reluctant to reveal myself . |
| 11 | well having said that , although I feel sorry for him I get annoyed with him ! |
| 12 | I suppose I fancied him although I told myself that it was just that I felt sorry for him . |
| 13 | He looked so cold and hungry that I felt sorry for him . |
| 14 | Early in life she had managed to change roles with me , so that I felt responsible for her , rather than she for me . |
| 15 | ‘ There are certain songs now that I leave open for improvisation ; I play something different every night instead of playing the solo from the record . |
| 16 | I 'd worked with Frank Stranahan and Bob Charles when he was an amateur , so I felt ready for Peter Thomson when it happened . |
| 17 | The distaste she experienced was so intense that she felt dizzy for several seconds . |
| 18 | Now , if the Liaison Office had got the same number from Maxim , then the embassy gossip vine had to be more security-minded than she believed possible for it not to come to one conclusion . |
| 19 | Alan me for me , mathematical but I accept what you 're saying that you mean numerical for most of that alphabetical as as opposed |
| 20 | Moreover , one of the gratifying aspects of attaining state retirement age is that you become eligible for a variety of benefits , for example : concessionary travel , free national health service prescriptions , cheaper theatre and cinema tickets ( usually matinees ) , reduced entrance charges for exhibitions and a wide choice of special holiday offers . |
| 21 | The preacher 's enquiry , ‘ Do you KNOW … do you KNOW , that you have ready for you houses , houses I say ; I say do you KNOW ; do you KNOW that you have houses in the heavens not made with hands ? ’ falls on ears preoccupied with earthly buildings and builders . |
| 22 | Tithonus asked for immortality but he expresses it in such a way that one feels sad for him . |
| 23 | Yes , it is outrageous that we feel grateful for that , but the outrage should be directed at all the other movies that still imply the opposite . |
| 24 | The Minoan priests and priestesses became so expert in this art that they became famous for it throughout the Aegean world . |
| 25 | These figures suggest that employers , at least with the present education system , largely feel that basic knowledge in a few subjects is all that they find useful for their purpose . |
| 26 | It is a shocking scene , because it starts by involving the audience in its raw eroticism and then turns on them , so that they feel guilty for the stirrings they have inevitably been experiencing . |
| 27 | She could almost feel sorry for him , the way that everybody felt sorry for the coyote in the Roadrunner cartoons ; so singleminded , and with a lack of perspective that was spectacular . |
| 28 | It came as some surprise to the board when they were informed that , although it seemed unreasonable for them to have to know what was going on , they could be made liable for the damage . |
| 29 | We continued fishing and although it went quiet for me Rick did have another two cats at 17lb 12oz and 12lb 8oz , but both seemed a little insignificant in the light of previous events . |
| 30 | But either it was not hunting or he was too big to tackle , for it disappeared over the heather ; and although he waited motionless for some time , it did not return . |