Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | only insure our own league and so it , I mean insured for major contingencies and that |
| 2 | ‘ Leo , she said warningly , ‘ I have had as much as I intend taking for one day . |
| 3 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 4 | When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village . |
| 5 | And I want to apologize for last night , I made an awful ass of myself , I am sorry . ’ |
| 6 | By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 7 | By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 8 | They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before . |
| 9 | I try to babysit for different people ; sometimes I 'm so embarrassed I ca n't go back to a place . |
| 10 | It 's one of the things I try to do for selfish pleasure , glorious , indulgent , selfish pleasure , rather than for money . ’ |
| 11 | Doing sixty miles every hour , and I keep going for ten hours . |
| 12 | I do apologise for this noise . |
| 13 | I love shopping for excellent ingredients and would rather spend time on this than anything else . |
| 14 | I start to think for some reason about the idea of being all right . |
| 15 | Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale . |
| 16 | MY WORST and only health problem developed after I was mugged five years ago outside the Embassy Club in Manchester , which I 've run for 32 years . |
| 17 | To the west , I 've gone for hot reds , yellows and oranges , planting a red-stemmed Cornus alba ‘ Westonbirt ’ to make a fiery contrast with the golden conifer . |
| 18 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 19 | I 've smoked for sixty years and I can not change now . ’ |
| 20 | This is the first proper daylight I 've seen for two months . |
| 21 | When I think what I 've done for that boy . |
| 22 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 23 | I said no , she said you wo n't leave the union will you , I said no , she said alright we 'll buy one at Haydock , still in the Lancashire region and the reason why the union is my second love , obviously my first love is me family , is what it 's done for me , but I also think what I 've done for those people who represent me and yourselves in Parliament . |
| 24 | I 've worked for eight years , I 've got references . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’ |
| 26 | I 've worked for this title . |
| 27 | I 've worked for German Intelligence twice in this war . |
| 28 | This has happened to the car at some time in its past , as a result of which the crank shaft 's worn , the engine 's a bit dodgy , but I buy it 's not apparent when I buy it , but the engine breaks down after I 've bought it and I 've paid for this warranty , you 're going to come back and say ‘ oh , this was a defect inherent in the vehicle before you bought it , excluded by the warranty ’ . |
| 29 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 30 | I 've got a pewter-coloured Strat Plus which I 've had for two years now . |