Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 2 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’ |
| 5 | Erm , Right , erm , we get this thorny question now about how to establish how much somebody needs for living assurance . |
| 6 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 7 | So you plan for these things . |
| 8 | When the 3 weeks were up and the Scraggs returned , we looked for other accommodation and found a flat in Riccarton , close to Hagley Park and only a mile from the city centre , and we liked it so much we stayed for four weeks having intended two . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | So we look for any mark under the cuts , or for a bump on the back of the head . ‘ |
| 11 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 12 | So he stood for ten minutes at the window watching soldiers tossing bundles of equipment into the gurg-ling FV 432s parked around the parade ground and feeling the deep contentment of seeing other people working very hard very early in the day . |
| 13 | So it pays for cryptic species to die soon after their breeding period is over . |
| 14 | Anyone who did not read Miss Post 's book before their first voyage had only themselves to blame for sartorial gaffes . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | And it 's gon na work along the lines of well , if we 're looking at a typical endowment mortgage , yeah , normally they run for twenty-five years , do n't they . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | A year later he worked for six months for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board in the Belfast area . |
| 20 | A year later he worked for six months in the Belfast area . |
| 21 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 22 | Well then as the unit got bigger , as I said , the room at the offices in the Lock was n't big enough so we moved from there to Alma Green Infant School , that 's the school now they used for all kinds of social activities during the day and th on that side by the car park . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Well I think for most people who are coming into a church , seeking something , the inclusion of words such as you outlined , puts up an enormous barrier , |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | After coming here I worked for four months in a sweet factory in Stratford . |
| 27 | Frequently they stay for some days . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | Here he calls for unified action from education and industry to ensure that the UK 's future professionals are not left in the cold . |
| 30 | ‘ Last time I was here it rained for forty days . |