Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Opposition replied , ’ That was 10 years ago ’ , to which my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge ( Mr. Nicholls ) , whom I commend for this observation , said , that 10 years was a very long time for the Leader of the Opposition and 10 minutes was about the average length of every policy that he had put forward . |
| 2 | It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours . |
| 3 | I mean for one production you may need a wig another production you wo n't . |
| 4 | Depending how quick they actually okay them erm I mean for two years , three years now they they 've just gone straight through with no queries at all . |
| 5 | I mean for that er |
| 6 | I mean for thirty years we feel like brothers and sisters with them , and it is unfortunate that Saddam Hussein has turned it all now against everybody . |
| 7 | Well I was gon na ask you if you knew any girls , I mean for seven pound fifty you ca n't go wrong , you ca n't even get that in town with a hat |
| 8 | I mean for this market research one , we ought to finish this tonight because if she comes tomorrow |
| 9 | yeah , I mean for twenty thousand what could you have ? , you could have a Calibre could n't ya for twenty thousand |
| 10 | It wor i I mean for those it did work |
| 11 | It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well . |
| 12 | I intend for fifteen twenty minutes or so , not to get into the issues of policy because you 've all got your own particular interests in that particular field and maybe that will come out during the course of the question and answer session . |
| 13 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 14 | My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’ |
| 15 | I long for all my people their lives to humbly search . |
| 16 | ‘ My God , ’ he choked , ‘ how I long for that day ! ’ |
| 17 | I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News . |
| 18 | My Lords , before the Noble Lord sits down , perhaps I could ask him to remember , he was saying s how , how splendidly the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy appointed magistrates and I entirely agree , but they appoint them , not from a list that they 've constructed themselves , they appoint them because the keepers of the roles for respective counties propose names to them which they very carefully er selected by the very special and an an and complicated process of of er of er of of examination of people whose names come forward , I find in my case that only one-third of the people whom I interview for this purpose with my Committee er are the ones which I 've I propose . |
| 19 | One as I say for seventy crackers . |
| 20 | But I say for most ordinary people who play it , it 's a pastime . |
| 21 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 22 | Make a secret I test for each character ( Dwarf -10 , Halfling -30 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Now , ’ she said steadily , ‘ I suggest for both our sakes we forget what happened here just now . |
| 24 | ‘ I apologise for that . ’ |
| 25 | I apologise for that omission erm it 's er erm one of those things that er er does I 'm afraid from time to time happen . |
| 26 | Oh well I apologise for that then . |
| 27 | I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause , but I am sure you will understand the need to protect the place from fire or desecration . |
| 28 | I apologise for any upset it 's caused you . ’ |
| 29 | I apologise for any confusion . ’ |
| 30 | I apologise for any inconvenience caused . |