Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You bought it and bought it , that 's it , not same as they do with yeah with them looking for bloody sponsors unheard and them looking for bloody sponsors eh ? |
| 2 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 3 | I thought about telling him the arrangement Laura and I had for that night , then decided against it . |
| 4 | And erm then after erm I had done my training as nun , I did teacher training , and I taught for twenty years , before becoming a social worker . |
| 5 | Marius and I waited for twenty minutes and then walked into Mike 's room , only to find him snoring loudly , unconscious . |
| 6 | Arthur and I went for long walks — and that little village was the best place in the world . |
| 7 | Erm now councillor and I asked for this matter to be brought to this chamber because erm we felt that the matter w was important enough that all members of this council should have an opportunity to debate it . |
| 8 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ If by the other , my lady , you refer to the regard the prince and I have for each other , pray be assured it is not pain I feel — but joy , deep joy . |
| 10 | I think that what we 're really looking for is a stimulating , exciting involvement of parents , of students , of teachers , of everyone who has an interest in the success of a school , and I think for some years at Cardinal Newman we have been trying to create this open society , which gives access at all levels to all the children and to their parents , and we do n't want to close the society in any shape or form . |
| 11 | For me , at least — and I think for most people who travel around this country for pleasure , that is , to see things — it is simply that one gets a greater depth of pleasure out of knowing the anatomy of a town and why it takes that particular form and not just its superficial features , however attractive they may be individually . |
| 12 | The home manual school panel meeting erm on erm for sometime now and I think for those people who do n't get to see the government . |
| 13 | He got a lot of Mr. Andrew 's money , too — I know a lot more than people think I do — and instead of being put aside for new ships it went into silly things like this grand building and I daresay for fat salaries for some people . |
| 14 | I started to dig in one corner of it , and I dug for six months , winter months , erm and erm managed a shallow pool which erm was n't what I had envisaged at all , but erm two snipe lived there and liked it . |
| 15 | There was a working-class element , centred on the Shankill Road , West Belfast , which was suspicious of the élite nature of the Unionist Party 's leadership and which campaigned for higher wages , better housing conditions , and various welfare provisions . |
| 16 | They are people striving for purpose and meaning in circumstances that are usually much less than ideal and which call for constant adjustment , adaptation and redefinition . |
| 17 | And you wait for other people an that and and you do n't leave that 's all I wo n't do that again , . |
| 18 | I see and you arranged for more information to be passed on to Superintendent is that it ? |
| 19 | Your mother has been difficult again , he told her , best for her and you to travel for some time — Papa , where are we going ? — The tickets are for England . |
| 20 | Anne had already trimmed down to a reasonable weight with the help of Weight Watchers , and she pleaded for new ideas to strengthen her resolve . |
| 21 | She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers . |
| 22 | She finished school last year , and she worked for six months in a hospital to get some money . |
| 23 | When I found it , there was an argument and we went for each other . ’ |
| 24 | " And we worked for many years before we collected a single cup of rubber , do you hear ? |
| 25 | I went down and the guy there started talking to me and we talked for five hours about life , about the reality of life , the reality of desires and goals and all that good stuff . |
| 26 | We readily accept that management of the Ministry of Sound takes unprecedented and most stringent measures to prevent drugs being taken into the club and we apologise for any implication to the contrary . |
| 27 | The two organisations are not in fact connected and we apologise for any confusion that may have been caused . |
| 28 | At the start of the filming we bring in a students ' orchestra and we rehearse for three days , six sessions in all . |
| 29 | After dinner the etiquette was very stiff , and we stood for two hours . |
| 30 | She was a bit heavy-handed and we kangaroo-hopped for ten miles to a garage . |