Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [be] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well we 've had a go well I think it was for erm some sort of I think was for multiple sclerosis
2 ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea .
3 I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have .
4 The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself .
5 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
6 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
7 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
8 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
9 As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion .
10 All that we ask is for sufficient land so that we may then help ourselves .
11 Well , we have been for some time .
12 They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing .
13 ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking .
14 However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response .
15 All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded .
16 Du n no , oh he 's , he 's what , he 's been for another job interview and the bloke
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