Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons .
2 So I think for next week I 'd like to be looking in some detail , there are two sources on this one is , is and the other is , tho those two are crucial in terms of understanding or , and and that those are crucial in terms of understanding erm why this policy document .
3 So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’
4 Erm , Right , erm , we get this thorny question now about how to establish how much somebody needs for living assurance .
5 The central theme of the Unit 's philosophy is that there is only one science , no matter how finely disciplines have become subdivided ( largely for administrative purposes ) over the years , and so we look for those research proposals which are naturally and freely expressed .
6 So we look for any mark under the cuts , or for a bump on the back of the head . ‘
7 Unless the questioning is handled with great delicacy , it is all too easy for the patient to feel guilty : ‘ I have only myself to blame for this condition . ’
8 Normally they forecast for open water so when they say it 's going to blow Force 3/4 , the wind on the beach tends to be nearer Force 2/3 .
9 Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) .
10 Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice .
11 I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned .
12 yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came
13 ‘ Following the elections there has been less high profile security presence in the area , ’ he said , adding that some time ago he asked for extra security measures for the town .
14 Here he calls for unified action from education and industry to ensure that the UK 's future professionals are not left in the cold .
15 At 6.40am he tried for another bearing , but their signal was now so weak , Darwin were unable to comply .
16 Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’
17 And a lot of people out there who work for these record companies are idiots who know nothing about music .
18 If we wish to add a new value , then we search for that node which is the lowest level of the index set in which it belongs .
19 When you go to cast a vote in France , your ballot paper has two names on it , the name of the candidate for , or at least it has for each party or for each candidate two names .
20 I always get on very well with English prisoners of the R. A. F. I worked for some time at the prison camp where you 'll be going tomorrow , and there I made many good English friends , especially — . ’
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