Example sentences of "[pron] for such " in BNC.
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1 | In any case it was Shirley who had typed the card and she was in a higher or lower world that cared nothing for such trivia . |
2 | I expected you to pay me for such attentions , my dear . |
3 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
4 | I 'd caught a glimpse of my face in the hall mirror once , when Gav was berating me for such rakish tendencies , and I 'd been smiling . |
5 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
6 | J. M. Lee in his essay ‘ Modern Stamford ’ published in The Making of Stamford says , ‘ A real university , if it came , would at least release Stamford from a fate which for such a long time remained a burden upon its political development , that the borough , as the guide books would say ‘ is only of historical interest . |
7 | He swiftly chided himself for such thoughts ; he 'd been taught to shun physical contact , even on a platonic level . |
8 | This " touched Booth more deeply than any lavish endowment " but lie was loathe for his officer to deny himself for such a long stretch of time . |
9 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
10 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
11 | ‘ In my view the only candidate before you for such an act is Harper in lighting a tuft of hay . |
12 | " I 'm grateful to you for such an accurate statement of my beliefs . " |
13 | You have to start from a pain of yours and conceive of there being something like this which hurts but which does not hurt you , and also that there could be something which is like you but not you for such pains to hurt . |
14 | Do you mean to tell me that the girls ask you for such stuff as you have been reading ? |
15 | It 's a great help to know I can rely on you for such last minute needs ! |
16 | ‘ I have wanted to meet you for such a long time , ’ she began hesitantly . |
17 | Okay I that would have been okay in that particular case but you did come back to it as benefit , you say we have n't seen you for such a long time that was a not just look at your policies but to put a , a face to the name so I can become your point of reference |
18 | Thank you for such interesting company ! ’ |
19 | THANK you for such a fascinating glimpse at some of the features of Liverpool life in years past and some of the historic Echo stories of the past . |
20 | She wished she had worn some make-up , then chastised herself for such a feeble thought . |
21 | She loathed herself for such pettiness , but she was so helplessly without any control over their relationship that pride or all that remained of it demanded that she administer these little pricks to his satisfaction , although she knew she had no hope of succeeding in puncturing it properly . |
22 | He was dressed in the garb of a typical construct worker , so that anybody he passed would take him for such . |
23 | ‘ Offensive weapon means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him , or by some other person , per section 1(4) Prevention Of Crime Act 1953 as amended by the Public Order Act 1986 Schedule 2 paragraph 2 . |
24 | Would those older cadets actually report him for such an infringement , on Lexandro 's part , of cousinly courtesy ? |
25 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
26 | This was no doubt an acceptable enough decision on the facts had the EAT not propounded the thesis that ‘ if it was reasonable for [ the employee ] to decline these terms , then it would have been unreasonable for the employers to dismiss him for such refusal ’ . |
27 | A weapon of offence is defined in s.10(1) ( b ) as " any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person or intended by the person having it with him for such use " . |
28 | The inclusion of this clause enables him to recover all loss , however remote , ( provided he can prove causation ) suffered as a result of the sellers 's wrongful acts , since the seller has , by the clause , undertaken an express obligation to compensate him for such loss . |
29 | We 're a bit concerned about Dorothy , we have n't seen you and her for such a long time . |
30 | Because there was nothing in Clara 's past that would seem to have fitted her for such recognitions : she was not bred to it . |