Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think that she 'll let me stay for good ? |
| 2 | The Peerage Act 1963 now enables them to sit for all . |
| 3 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 4 | Their recent blockbusting Belfast 1991 production at the Group Theatre left everyone clamouring for more . |
| 5 | Canan and her boss know exactly what to expect from each other : ‘ It 's far easier for me to work for another Turk because I can talk about pay rates and things like that more openly . |
| 6 | In any case she had not expected that her role in the assessment would be limited to receiving information back from an EWO : ‘ We did n't ask for it [ the assessment ] — it was the education system who said it should be done — if I accept them into my home I do n't expect them to disappear for twelve months , if they invited themselves in . ’ |
| 7 | They 've got together to form a barter scheme , using a special currency which allows them to work for each other without REAL money changing hands . |
| 8 | Detailed studies of particular artefacts direct attention to the varying complexity involved in manufacturing items , many of them designed for specific functions . |
| 9 | Everyone looks for different types of friends at different ages . |
| 10 | That 's what everyone applying for that job will pitch . |
| 11 | He made me wait for two years . |
| 12 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 13 | If you have any recipes that work particularly well , please let me know for future editions of this book . |
| 14 | ‘ There is nothing to stop them applying for other nights , but there is no guarantee that they will get them . |
| 15 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 16 | I asked for that did n't I ? |
| 17 | I asked for that to be done at the earliest opportunity , the following morning at 9 o'clock . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | I asked for certain research facilities and I got them . |
| 20 | I asked for seventy-five . |
| 21 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 22 | I asked for professional counselling which I did n't get . ’ |
| 23 | I asked for one ticket and paid for it , then I watched him ask for the same and fish down inside his carrier bag and bring out a ten pound note . |
| 24 | I asked for special leave and borrowed the eighty pounds for a short-term return ticket on the letter-mail route to the UK . |
| 25 | Then I asked for half the fee in advance , and was given a wafer confirming the immediate transfer of the amount to my Fedbank . |
| 26 | Well I asked for those |
| 27 | I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied . |
| 28 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 29 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 30 | As soon as I had complaints , I asked for detailed statistical material to be provided . |