Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | You feel strong for this girl . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She lay awake for some time , puzzling over Fen 's behaviour . |
| 18 | She lay derelict for 10 years before she was restored for the Museum in 1988 . |
| 19 | She felt downhearted for another reason too . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The distaste she experienced was so intense that she felt dizzy for several seconds . |
| 22 | Biba banned ATHLETICS : Marathon runner Iris Biba was yesterday banned by the German athletics federation after she tested positive for muscle-building steroids during training . |
| 23 | THE NEXT morning Erika helped Omi dress in black , the only colour she considered suitable for Divine Service . |
| 24 | She stood still for several minutes , wondering what was happening to her . |
| 25 | She stood paralysed for several moments on Giles Carnaby 's doorstep . |
| 26 | On one occasion she sat alone for six hours travelling up to Carlisle . |
| 27 | In school this progressive acquisition of domestic technology was taken for granted , and we felt sorry for those children who lagged behind . |
| 28 | Their clicks are not FM , nor do they appear suitable for Doppler-shift speed metering . |
| 29 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 30 | And they paid extra for one Mr Simonds to coach in football and hockey . |