Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 2 | The Seagate drives I used for this article required 2 jumper connections made on the master drive , and all the connectors removed from the slave drive … |
| 3 | ‘ You want me to pay for this information ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose you expect me to pay for that drink , do you ? ’ |
| 5 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 6 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 7 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 8 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 9 | This has you aiming for each number in turn ( 1–20 ) , finishing on the bull . |
| 10 | He has been pressing her to move for some time . |
| 11 | Not content with Mont Blanc , last year found him searching for another challenge . |
| 12 | He waited , out of long experience with dominant characters , until a natural break occurred and used it to ask for some background , starting with how long the Minister had known Miss Morgan . |
| 13 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 14 | They 've got together to form a barter scheme , using a special currency which allows them to work for each other without REAL money changing hands . |
| 15 | There are things I have to do ; things I have to think about , Holy Father , Father Tom , things that are occupying my mind and I ca n't give you time for these things , these words , Father Tom , Your Holiness . ’ |
| 16 | The nuzzling continued as his lips found her own , teasing and provoking her to yearn for more depth in the caress , until suddenly he took possession of her mouth in a forceful kiss that went on and on as though it would last for ever . |
| 17 | I said that someone in Montefiore 's position should check his facts before sounding off , and advised him to campaign for more resources all round instead of trying to trade one disadvantaged group off against another . |
| 18 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
| 19 | Neil , Neil now says , that when he meets a girl , he , he waits to see if she 's got any characteristics in common with the dreadful Vicky , the girl that he eventually fetch her much deserved slosh on the chops and was pulled into Ipswich Magistrates Court , you know , oh I should n't laugh , but erm , he says he looks for those characteristics , and the moment he sees that the girl is going to be this sort of neurotic , excitable , hysterical creature he walks away . |
| 20 | ‘ Let us repair for some repast , ’ he chuckled as he held the door open for me . |
| 21 | Let us pray for each other . |
| 22 | So , let us pray for each other and for ourselves , that each of us may be able to say : |
| 23 | In fact if you think about it evolution might promote your reproductive success by making you vaguely unhappy most of the time , cos that might make you strive for more success . |
| 24 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 25 | All the major firms in the industry are members of the SWA , who consider they account for some 98% of the industry 's employment . |
| 26 | In the silence that followed I reached for another scone . |
| 27 | She heard him reach for another sandwich . |
| 28 | And someone buying it looking for that kind of book could justifiably feel they were being sold short . |
| 29 | It was this disappearance that really roused my suspicion , and started me searching for some kind of pattern to make sense of these changes . |
| 30 | When it began to dawn that you were going to be out more than a fortnight or three weeks , did anything emerge that w that you can see was to keep you encouraged for that period ? |