Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean be sorry for him . |
| 2 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |
| 3 | That , that I , I say is reserved for Parliament . |
| 4 | I 'd been house-sitting for Nassim Nassim 's cousin Sunil in Leytonstone for a week now , which meant that the five-day house-warming party where all my so-called friends drop in to see how I 'm coping , how much booze I 've laid on and what the music centre 's like , had come to an end . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd been miserable for a long time . |
| 6 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 7 | I have n't been able to explain this to Dr Grossman , because he would n't understand , but you will understand , and I hope be happy for me . |
| 8 | I do that in the context of the proposals in the Bill , which I believe are vital for the future of Cardiff . |
| 9 | The Squirrel I flew was appropriate for the task , being owned privately by a pilot who bought it new and had flown just 60 hours before it was introduced to me . |
| 10 | I 'm not quite sure what 's going to happen to all the people that are unemployed because of this , but that I suppose is material for another programme . |
| 11 | Other advantages of living alone are having time and space for myself to read , write , draw , think , learn , do what I feel is right for myself . |
| 12 | I did what I thought was right for the most precious thing in the world to me . |
| 13 | I try to use ones which I think are appropriate for the shape and exterior of the animal . |
| 14 | I had been married for seven hours . |
| 15 | The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory . |
| 16 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 17 | As I enjoyed the stew I looked at my watch , it was just after mid-day ; I had been asleep for nearly four hours . |
| 18 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 19 | But I was braced to cope with him because I had been ambitious for Jean-Claude , vauntingly so . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
| 21 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 22 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 23 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 24 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 25 | I 've been grateful for Jessie having my key because er I 've locked myself out one or two |
| 26 | I 've been married for sixteen years . |
| 27 | I 'm 21 , I 've been married for four years and I have two children aged three and one . |
| 28 | I 've been married for 16 years to a man I really love . |
| 29 | Anyway , I 've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been mad for too long , ’ Patsy replied , moving out into the centre of the yard . |