Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One wag from the Coronation Street script team , told us : ‘ We all feel sorry for the Eldorado cast stuck out there . |
| 2 | The brother of the alleged offender said : ‘ We all feel sorry for his wife . |
| 3 | We all feel sorry for you . |
| 4 | Are we looking for freshness and flavour , or are we happy to forgo these for the headier feeling that longevity might be achieved if we avoid imbibing pesticide residues . |
| 5 | Most importantly , it would make it possible to keep warm for much less cost and therefore mean fewer deaths and fewer illnesses from the effects of living in cold , damp sub-standard housing . |
| 6 | School chairs tend to be even less comfortable than school beds , and I found it impossible to sit still for long — a fact which did n't endear me to irritable teachers , especially those who also resented my ‘ witty ’ ( i.e. irrelevant ) remarks . |
| 7 | Editor , — It is true , as James Owen Drife points out , that it has become at least partially acceptable for women to stereotype the worst of male behaviour and make fun of it , but somehow I find it hard to feel sorry for him . |
| 8 | French number 3 seed Janek Noah made an early exit from the Stuttgart classic A T P tournament today , complaining he was finding it hard to stay motivated for top class tennis . |
| 9 | ‘ Once we got to the hospital I could feel her head and it was the first moment it all became real for me . |
| 10 | What 's happened is , of course , that as the costs have fallen and the micros have come in through the door so they 're very much smaller , erm it all becomes possible for the whole of society and not for a tiny elite . |
| 11 | Then it all went black for quite a while . |
| 12 | It all went wrong for him , though , in a three-minute spell during which time Mills scored twice for Leicester to turn the game on its head . |
| 13 | Then it all went wrong for Hamilton , who dropped four strokes in four holes from the 11th as the chill wind began to take its toll and Davis romped away to win by five strokes . |
| 14 | ‘ But if it all went wrong for Michael Jackson , what 's he do ? ’ |
| 15 | And they can all pinpoint the day it all went wrong for Arsenal : July 22 , 1992 — the day David Rocastle was allowed to join Leeds . |
| 16 | ‘ And Maria Luisa loved Steve , and yet it all went wrong for all of us . ’ |
| 17 | It all came good for Page at the second extra hole , though . |
| 18 | Yesterday it all came good for them with a thrilling five shot ( 78-73 ) victory over Old Bleach in the final at Jordanstown , a result that finally takes away the sour taste following their defeat by Bangor in last year 's final . |
| 19 | Sir , — My first reaction on reading the reader 's question , ‘ No tea with the taxman ’ ( ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 80 ) , was one of hilarity that a member should feel it necessary to complain that for a meeting lasting as long as ‘ about two hours ’ the member and client were not offered refreshments . |
| 20 | ‘ So I thought it best to lie low for a while ; keep the nose clean by cutting out the rowdies . |
| 21 | Sometimes I feel the romanticising of natural childbirth is yet another example of the seemingly worldwide conspiracy — aided and abetted by many women — to make us all feel guilty for not suffering enough . |