Example sentences of "[prep] heaven ['s] sake " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What wrong handbag , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 2 | It had not occurred to us that this ranging survey of the idioms of English and incidentally French verse had been no more than a ‘ prologue ’ — and to what , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 3 | There is a crack group like Nexus here , for heaven 's sake , and nobody knows . |
| 4 | What part of the year are we in now , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 5 | ‘ For heaven 's sake , Bea , ’ he said , ‘ grow up . ’ |
| 6 | For heaven 's sake , Rachel , look at the fossil record as a whole . |
| 7 | How much time was that going to take , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 8 | For Heaven 's sake , Tug , do I have to decide everything for you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why do all the other flats take it so placidly for Heaven 's sake ? ’ |
| 10 | Why , for Heaven 's sake , do you think you 're not married yet ? |
| 11 | ‘ What 's that , for heaven 's sake ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I mean , what would they talk about , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , for heaven 's sake … ’ |
| 14 | When Marie saw Modigliani she said to him : ‘ For heaven 's sake do n't come tomorrow . |
| 15 | How much longer would the silence last , when would someone say , please , stop , for heaven 's sake , give up , it ca n't be done ? |
| 16 | Irina said to Ludens , ‘ For heaven 's sake get him out of here ! ’ |
| 17 | What do I know about frocks , for heaven 's sake ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't remember the colour of the eyes of every boy I 've ever danced with , for heaven 's sake . |
| 19 | ‘ as if I needed to look my best to watch the Archies , for Heaven 's sake . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ For Heaven 's sake , what kind of a name is that ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ For heaven 's sake , you 'll have to wait for the autopsy . |
| 22 | For heaven 's sake , it was almost directly aimed at the unemployed . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why , for heaven 's sake ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ For heaven 's sake Bruce , have you gone stark , raving mad ? ’ |
| 25 | I know we all get a bit stuck in our ways once we 're over thirty , but for Heaven 's sake , is n't it worth a try ? |
| 26 | ‘ Keep going for Heaven 's sake . |
| 27 | ‘ Calm yourself , Myles , for heaven 's sake ! ’ |
| 28 | As the question goes : ‘ What on earth are we doing for heaven 's sake ? , |
| 29 | This chap was real , performing in public , for Heaven 's sake ! |
| 30 | WHILE we are about it , I have been told of another effect that , for heaven 's sake , could not have been stumbled on by Francis Bacon . |