Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lot of passing , running about and kicking which I found encouraging for this season . |
| 2 | When will I become eligible for further training ? |
| 3 | ‘ I feel sorry for that woman , ’ thought the bachelor as he stepped down from the train at the next station . |
| 4 | But I mean I feel sorry for young mums now because there 's no way if they take on these mortgages they can have a family |
| 5 | as a last sort of erm two days of the sale or something , they have their special offer next week or fifty percent off everything or something I feel sorry for these places really , that do you know it 's funny I only saw the car immediately in front of this grey one in there must of been a dip there because there 's two cars in front of me |
| 6 | ‘ I feel sorry for these guys , ’ said 34-year-old Kathy yesterday . |
| 7 | With Manchester being really blown up , I feel sorry for those groups with two songs who have record companies turning up at their rehearsals . ’ |
| 8 | With Manchester being really blown up , I feel sorry for those groups with two songs who have record companies turning up at their rehearsals . ’ |
| 9 | But then , I feel bad for those people who want to stay independent , 'cos it 's harder and harder to stay that when all the labels are being bought up . |
| 10 | I felt sorry for poor Heathcliff , and while the Earnshaws were at church , I helped him wash and dress in clean clothes . |
| 11 | One particular owl that sticks in my mind was one I kept alive for six weeks , in the early days . |
| 12 | I stay silent for several seconds . |
| 13 | Well I I think that the honourable gentleman really must accept that er coming from a party which is er in office in er in the Welsh office and has er two hundred million , two hundred and eight million pounds I think unaccounted for last year , it really ill becomes him er to lecture , to lecture anybody . |
| 14 | Do you know how many people I have waiting for that bed or yours , Jack ? |
| 15 | Two years later Harris and his wife Mary became residents of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons in Croydon ; he had been an active Freemason since 1818 , and in 1849 had published a set of designs for lodge tracing boards , which became standard for many years . |
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| 17 | Walden are next to bottom without a win all season but their brave defence reduced Colchester to a kicking game on a day which seemed perfect for running rugby . |
| 18 | It was a chilly May day , with grey skies and a wind which seemed thirsty for another death . |
| 19 | Therefore , rather than attempting to generate theories which hold good for all countries , generalisations may only be possible if ‘ types ’ can be established . |
| 20 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 21 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 22 | Ratt fumble and squeak through ‘ Wanted Man ’ , which sounded cool for five minutes in 1984 . |
| 23 | Ratt fumble and squeak through ‘ Wanted Man ’ , which sounded cool for five minutes in 1984 . |
| 24 | You feel strong for this girl . |
| 25 | That split between cultures is the focus of this uncritical biography by Dore Ashton , an art historian who knew Noguchi for thirty years . |
| 26 | Laura 's anger would usually come in an icy blast on the telex for all to see , invariably concerned with a project she had decided she no longer approved of , ‘ It was like a burning spear going through you , you felt sick for three days . |
| 27 | She lay awake for some time , puzzling over Fen 's behaviour . |
| 28 | She lay derelict for 10 years before she was restored for the Museum in 1988 . |
| 29 | She felt downhearted for another reason too . |
| 30 | She tried to mask her true feelings from her mother and sister , but her throat ached with tension and she felt desperate for some action to be taken , to try to search for him . |