Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as I had complaints , I asked for detailed statistical material to be provided . |
| 2 | I intend for fifteen twenty minutes or so , not to get into the issues of policy because you 've all got your own particular interests in that particular field and maybe that will come out during the course of the question and answer session . |
| 3 | But I say for most ordinary people who play it , it 's a pastime . |
| 4 | Why am I applying for this particular job ? |
| 5 | I apologise for any temporary loss |
| 6 | I opted for bright welcoming lights , while my friend said that she liked warm rooms and a good fire . |
| 7 | ‘ I think , ’ Mr Yarrow continued , squeezing his left earlobe and inflicting brain damage upon a metaphysical foetus , ‘ I think , What can I do for this graceless lad ? ’ |
| 8 | HIGH jinks in the Manpower Services Commission , I reckoned for one gleeful moment . |
| 9 | It seems to be looking straight at me , its knuckled legs poised , tense , waiting I know for one false move from me to trigger it into an electrifying spring … straight at me . |
| 10 | Ten miles out , while pedalling uphill through the dripping gloom of a forest , I prayed for some vital piece of bike to snap off and put an end to my misery . |
| 11 | I resist for two good reasons — a ) they do n't suit me , and b ) I 'm the wrong age for them . |
| 12 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |
| 14 | I asked the question , what am I getting for two thousand pounds a head ? |
| 15 | What do I hear for this little beauty ? |
| 16 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 17 | I would need to read the whole of that alarming corpus over again before I was quite sure of it , and I apologize for this extra quarter of an hour . |
| 18 | I thought for one hopeful minute you were gon na wind up then . |
| 19 | It is very important indeed to ensure that the staff of G C H Q are not subject to potential conflicts of interest and as I said earlier the Prime Minister and I listened for some considerable time to the s to er to the points put forward by the trade unions to see whether or not that overriding er national objective could be maintained but we were not convinced , we were not convinced that erm the trade unions could overcome those potential conflicts of interest and it behoves ill the party opposite to try and put a different gloss on the fact that we in this country thanks to our legislation , have put harmony in place of strife and we are not prepared to allow the opposition to put that major achievement at risk . |
| 20 | Anyway that is something we 'll have to develop I think for all all levels of of staff . |
| 21 | The protest I envisioned for that brief moment was relatively peaceful though , kind of like a pro-abortion march on Washington . |
| 22 | I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night . |
| 23 | I smoked for twenty seven years , and erm I 'm getting on to a year now since I stopped smoking and I feel a lot calmer , I hated being a victim to cigarettes ! |
| 24 | Martin becomes careless , I settle for some solid red-and-colour , red-and-colour stuff . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't understand the kind of love I have for this great country we live in . |
| 26 | I can not say that I care for these self-perpetuating societies . ’ |
| 27 | I stayed for eight more years , for the last two as a teacher . |
| 28 | Because I work for many different functions I get the chance to see many different kinds of weddings . |
| 29 | She asked for any qualified teacher interested in assisting with training — not necessarily on a full time basis — but willing to sit in and observe and become involved generally — perhaps you have a special knowledge and/or interest in Music — Dance — Anatomy — Etc or would like to know more about training and the role of the trainer . |
| 30 | She asked for 54 similar offences to be taken into consideration . |