Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to say , well I try and get my er my legs up for half an hour in the afternoon , but that 'd be about as much as th they 'd get in the way of rest . |
| 2 | It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days . |
| 3 | Now I must admit my first thoughts of it were it really gets my back up for some reason or other . |
| 4 | I know what I need , to put my head down for half an hour this afternoon I wo n't be fit for nothing the night . |
| 5 | We had a month , thought Jay , I 've worked my ass off for this exhibition and you 've done nothing . |
| 6 | Do I need my glasses on for this book ? |
| 7 | They keep a list of it and when overtime comes back , see I 'll have to make it up then , I 'd rather do that than re-arrange all my stuff just for that , I usually come in seven o'clock |
| 8 | Mm yes , well I think they sound like good targets , is , has anyone looked at their work and said I worked my socks off for that , I could not have improved it , I 've left that section blank so everybody thinks they could of improved that piece of work , good , that 's what this is all about , getting better . |
| 9 | I returned to Sheffield and Pam and did n't see Scotland or my Mom again for several years . |
| 10 | I 'll tell my mother off for this . ’ |
| 11 | During training — or later , if I wanted to knock her weight down for any reason — she 'd have one day-old chick a day . |
| 12 | A woman who offers her body commonly for any lewd act for reward is a common prostitute . |
| 13 | It stood over her body protectively for several hours , unmoving . |
| 14 | and do n't forget first news of the football … on goals extra tomorrow teatime … our next sport takes us to Kingsholm in Gloucester and its curtain up for this week 's rugby review |
| 15 | Most of them have managed their own homes and catered for their families efficiently for many years , and even elderly men know a little more about cooking than their fathers did . |
| 16 | Er , and that 's one of the problems , is persuading good people to put their names forward for these jobs , and that 's how you present it . |
| 17 | And and the visits seem to be more popular , and often quite a few careers officers will put their names down for that . |
| 18 | The French employed troops and also aircraft to crush the rebels , yet they were unable to impose their control completely for several months . |
| 19 | She polished off her stuffed tomato , held her plate out for more . |
| 20 | Susan held her cup out for more coffee . |
| 21 | Like Nigel , Alan had retired early , and they had enlarged and modernized — quite beautifully — a cottage nearby which had been their holiday home for many years . |
| 22 | Drovers had pastured their herds here for many years but their customary right had vanished when Flemyng bought the ground and it was a daily vexation of Cameron 's to move the animals out from among his materials and even from inside the unfinished walls . |
| 23 | Jude put her arm out for some support other than Marlin , her fingers finding the wall . |
| 24 | erm has been has had his erm er his feelers out for all sorts of advertising . |
| 25 | He twirled his keys airily for all to see , gave Isambard 's body-squire an amiable good night , and giggled like a girl as soon as they were past . |
| 26 | Fool , he should have known that that was his one chance to strike , and make known his mettle , and assert his right once for all . |
| 27 | He spent a great deal of time in his efforts certainly for this trade union and in recruitment where he works , he 's made it not hundred percent , hundred and ten percent and is constantly , er , recruiting constantly recruiting . |
| 28 | His first triumph in Europe ramins the No 1 aim once he can keep his game together for all four rounds , instead of going off the rails at a crucial stage . |
| 29 | He had the singular good fortune not to die in the trenches , but the experience undermined his health severely for all that . |
| 30 | They did used to take away rights , which mainly why he 's put his application in for this relative |