Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing apparently happened for two months after the Institute 's delegation . |
| 2 | One thing the microfloppies have in common is the fact that they are all under 10 cm in diameter , making them better suited for briefcase-size computers than the existing 5¼-inch ( 12–5 cm ) and 8-inch ( 20 cm ) diameter floppy discs . |
| 3 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 4 | I only go for older women . ’ |
| 5 | The committee 's just the cover , I only work for one man . |
| 6 | I keep thinking , well shall I colour it again or shall I just go for that bit there ? |
| 7 | One leads up an unfrequented glen occupied by wild goats and skirts the northern flank of Beinn Fhada to arrive at a rough bealach or col , where I once shivered for two hours waiting for the mist to lift off Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan ahead , which it did not . |
| 8 | That was all I ever felt for any woman — until I met you . ’ |
| 9 | How could I ever work for this man again anyway ? |
| 10 | That 's the one I always use for this exercise is scones , great . |
| 11 | the employer and I asked him what documents they produced , what report they produced we have written a letter about it , but I formally call for any report or document from and the second thing he mentioned were letters from about twelve members of parliament that they received |
| 12 | I would n't buy anything unless it had the British Standard kitemark on it to show it was safety approved , and I also went for reputable makes , taking cost into consideration , too , of course . |
| 13 | I also look for more wit and charm in ‘ La sérénade interrompue ’ ( I query the D natural six bars before the end , too ) , ‘ La danse de Puck ’ and ‘ Minstrels ’ , all of which are taken slower than usual . |
| 14 | Frequently it is useful to have someone else to blame for such problems . |
| 15 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 16 | I NEVER thought for one moment that my life would become bound up with rivers . |
| 17 | Although the sides of the flysheet moved in high winds I never felt for one minute it would take off . |
| 18 | I spent so much effort and expense to outbid my rivals , I never stopped for one moment to consider if I really wanted the prize . |
| 19 | No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem . |
| 20 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 21 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 22 | willi , willing and a a kindly nature but we if it 's in the middle of a game you know , and er , you know how you are when you 're playing a game well they 'd fetch me away to run for some cheese for an old lady . |
| 23 | Toshiba has not specified the size of the reduction in the half-yearly bonus , which traditionally accounts for 50 p.c. of total pay . |
| 24 | Besides , this putting together of two letters which also stand for other sounds inevitably causes ambiguities — bishop and mishap — while the letters th actually have two different digraphic uses as well as their separate values , as seen in the sentence ‘ Thy thigh is waist-high . ’ |
| 25 | These schemes , which originally ran for one year , have now been extended to two years . |
| 26 | Letters from the Iraqi government in May , which reportedly called for direct talks with Iran , apparently elicited some initial positive responses in Iran , but the initiative was overtaken by renewed controversy following the Arab League summit on May 28-30 in Baghdad , the Iraqi capital [ see p. 37473 ] . |
| 27 | Where the great rivers of molten lava had flowed in the distant past was now a jumbled mass of solidified rock-like structures which sometimes stretched for many kilometres . |
| 28 | It is possible , however , that the search which then began for communal standards was prompted not only by this evident nadir of design , but by a wish to re-establish contact between the house and the community . |
| 29 | Eventually perhaps , but a Senate hearing on June 22 on the proposal drew only two Senators , one of whom quickly departed for another engagement . |
| 30 | The emphasis was now on the proliferation of high-capacity small-scale computers capable of greater versatility than the older machines , lending themselves to the formation of networks , and many of them deliberately designed for easy access , so that much of the mystique was being dispelled . |