Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] for instance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money is tight so we need to be quite clear on I mean for instance I mean the seats have been recovered you know people smoking in the seats when they should n't be smoking and putting they 're putting their cigarette 's out on the floor I do n't know |
| 2 | and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you . |
| 3 | I mean for instance is a national account at do any business with us , do they ? |
| 4 | erm if if like I mean for instance we were n't clear about what we were talking about |
| 5 | And er you know he was I mean for instance at Salisbury Park he probably did n't mean anything but on Saturday when I was saying goodbye to him he said now I hope there 'll be somebody here at ten past ten to open this church tomorrow . |
| 6 | I mean for instance is gipsy a very helpful word . |
| 7 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |
| 8 | Well how difficult a season has it been so far , I mean for instance , in the minor County Championship a lot of matches were drawn I think that last season you probably would have won ? |
| 9 | The same thing with pre-West End shows — quite often , I mean for instance , there was a show at the Apollo about six months ago which was Lettuce and Lovage , er which had come out of the West End and was doing a big tour . |
| 10 | Without the motor car in mind , I mean for instance , we had Oxford , Reading and Swindon it was suggested a few years ago , that they got together and formed the Thames Valley United . |
| 11 | Er , yes I am a person who uses public transport and I believe in it very much , but I must say that erm its very , very inconvenient , I have to rely on three different forms of public transport to get to my work and it takes twice as long as it would as if I , if I could go by car and so I can see the , the attraction of , of going by car and there are many improvements that could be made where I live for instance in , in Glasgow so that you would only have one change and not constantly shuttling to and fro between stations and buses and so forth . |
| 12 | I have for instance discovered the Stars and Stripes flag of the 405th Fighter Group at Christchurch , Dorset , where it hangs in the ancient Priory . |
| 13 | right , now if you want to understand how to tie down , you just need to look at one or two tied in lines , and then you can , you can add , oh you can add your main lines what I 'm trying to say is , when it comes to , when it comes to , when it comes to , when it comes to selling , there 's a lot more than just what might you 've got , right , see I mean , I see for instance , you 've probably , you probably do n't , you probably do n't , you probably do n't go along right quite often right , people will buy what products can do with them , they do n't buy the products , are you with me ? |
| 14 | The animal you ride for instance — ’ |
| 15 | I mean if there are two or three days off during that or one day off you take for instance , as long as it 's fifteen working days . |
| 16 | What we choose to call this event depends upon factors such as its magnitude : we speak for instance of accidents , emergencies , disasters and catastrophes , each of which carries connotations concerning the scale of the event and each of which will have a set of human and/or environmental consequences . |
| 17 | We know for instance that quite often erm pillaged flocks of cows and sheep were driven into the quad as one of the few open spaces within the city walls . |
| 18 | We have for instance to transpose the freedom from fear into present circumstances and to help others to make the same journey . |
| 19 | They apply for instance to a third such element , namely the military , to which may , for present purposes , be added the para-military , security and police forces of the state , and which together form that branch of it mainly concerned with the ‘ management of violence ’ . |
| 20 | Foreign competitors can enter our market on more advantageous terms and can gain a hold as they have for instance , in the motor and electronics industries . |