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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Do you think that she 'll let me stay for good ?
2	Detailed studies of particular artefacts direct attention to the varying complexity involved in manufacturing items , many of them designed for specific functions .
3	If you have any recipes that work particularly well , please let me know for future editions of this book .
4	‘ There is nothing to stop them applying for other nights , but there is no guarantee that they will get them .
5	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 .
6	I asked for certain research facilities and I got them .
7	My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib .
8	I asked for professional counselling which I did n't get . ’
9	I asked for special leave and borrowed the eighty pounds for a short-term return ticket on the letter-mail route to the UK .
10	As soon as I had complaints , I asked for detailed statistical material to be provided .
11	It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered !
12	I still possess a tape-recording of a news report I made for Irish radio in which — to a background of Palestinian rifle fire — I hear my own voice informing listeners in the furthest villages of County Mayo that they are listening to ‘ the last shots of the Lebanese civil war ’ .
13	I planned for year-round interest and used such plants as climbing roses , clematis , jasmines , honeysuckle and Japanese quince .
14	I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News .
15	Cos I punished for stupid things .
16	Having made a new table to replace a rather unsteady card table , there being no local shop which sold green baize , I opted for green Heuga carpet tiles .
17	‘ I opted for full hospital care .
18	I opted for bright summertime colours but for autumn you might have brown hedgehogs shuffling through leaves of russet and gold .
19	I opted for bright welcoming lights , while my friend said that she liked warm rooms and a good fire .
20	But the managers I played for said I was the best professional .
21	I played for high stakes — and I have lost .
22	‘ I also know that Mrs Chapman has arthritis which makes it almost impossible for her to climb those stairs to the little flat , ’ I added for good measure .
23	Since time is something I do n't have too much of these days I look for other solutions like hats , turbans , scarves or wigs and pieces .
24	I look for certain features , like the floor .
25	Another important aim I envisaged for New Millennium when it was incorporated in 1983 was the development of holiday ideas which would try to eliminate damage to the environment associated with mass tourism .
26	I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often .
27	‘ ’ Many the rich cheeses I pressed for ungrateful townsfolk , Yet never did I get home with much money in my pocket , ’ ' quoted Bacci , who had studied at the Liceo Classico .
28	It was still dark , that 's all I know for certain .
29	‘ Tomorrow morning , ’ he said , ‘ I have to make my closing speech in defence of a man who is on a murder charge , and whom I know for certain to be innocent .
30	One thing I know for certain is that after completing the first pitch it was only my experience as a climber to the lower E grades that got me through , and I wondered how a non-climber might have got on using the same information .