Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's true to say that most actors feel their drama school training has left them inadequately prepared for working in television and film by the time they graduate . |
| 2 | The matter that has given me most cause for admiration is the way in which he has conducted himself while the horrible events have gone on and been reported in the press . |
| 3 | Nothing apparently happened for two months after the Institute 's delegation . |
| 4 | One thing the microfloppies have in common is the fact that they are all under 10 cm in diameter , making them better suited for briefcase-size computers than the existing 5¼-inch ( 12–5 cm ) and 8-inch ( 20 cm ) diameter floppy discs . |
| 5 | We are well and have no worries being happy together and not in need William leaving me better provided for than ever I had expected . |
| 6 | As the person through whom all orders for purchases from project grants must pass , this is clearly a key position in the project 's structure . |
| 7 | I became at once possessive about it … there was already talk about the war ending and Sadler 's Wells reopening and it seemed to me entirely fitting for the Sadler 's Wells Company to reopen the theatre at Rosebery Avenue after the war with a new opera by a leading young English composer . |
| 8 | By the time the pub had filled enough so that the punters were giving me dirty looks for taking up so much room , I felt I had discovered enough to put two and two together and make five if not six . |
| 9 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 10 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 11 | I duly arrived for my first drive . |
| 12 | I secretly hoped for twenty-one . |
| 13 | Nor that I thereby hope for immortality : |
| 14 | Never , perhaps , have I so lived for such a long time together . |
| 15 | I merely apologised for my rudeness and accepted a second cup of tea . |
| 16 | I literally jumped for joy when I heard that key turn in the lock and saw Mum and Mrs Taylor enter with another woman . |
| 17 | We are unable to love ourselves enough to allow for weakness . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 19 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 20 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 21 | I only go for older women . ’ |
| 22 | I only go for tendering of accounts like B T for example |
| 23 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 24 | The committee 's just the cover , I only work for one man . |
| 25 | I only work for him . ’ |
| 26 | How would it look if I suddenly disappeared for weeks — leaving a gap that other people would have to fill — because my wife 's grandmother is ill on the other side of the world ? ’ |
| 27 | So I just waited for the contact , and hoped that my voice would sound calm and easy as I told Famlio my lies . |
| 28 | I I just appealing for MPs and I know you have the radio on just to see if I 'm being rude about you , and of course I never am because I 'm a I 'm a nice person . |
| 29 | I just believed for awhile that the dream had gotten away from me … |
| 30 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |