Example sentences of "for [adj] [art] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 2 | For half the trip I sat on the floor of the plane , holding the boy 's hand , watching the drip . |
| 3 | For half an hour I thought that was the end of our career . |
| 4 | After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby . |
| 5 | ‘ For such a friend I had , though after all |
| 6 | This was nothing but an elaborate hoax perpetrated by her in revenge for all the suffering I had caused her . |
| 7 | The money ca n't make up for all the misery I went through . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah , so yeah ah you 're alright so you 'll say yeah course I 'm alright , there 's no fee , so eventually I get to the point where I said look I did say there 's no fee involved but I 'd , I , that 's a bit of a lie because there is a fee for all the work I 'm er but it comes in the form of referrals , in the form of recommendation , not actual money . |
| 9 | Jamie and the girl were inches away from me , holding me by an arm each , being bumped into frequently , but my drunkenness had now got to such a state — as the last two quickly consumed pints and an accompanying whisky caught up with my racing bloodstream — that I might as well have been on another planet for all the hope I had of making them understand what I wanted . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll call for you after lunch , and we can go shopping for all the things I thought you 'd like to choose for yourself . ’ |
| 11 | Then I took off my little gold earrings and felt in the folds of my dress for all the money I 'd saved or stolen from my brother 's pockets over the years , and placed both the money and earrings in the palm of her hand , forcing her fingers shut around them . |
| 12 | I do n't like the way I look , most of the time , for all the reasons I 've just given . |
| 13 | I am afraid that this war , which started for all the reasons I have mentioned , is turning gradually into a similar kind of war to the Lebanese . |
| 14 | Now er sure the programme has been delayed for all the reasons I I 've mentioned . |
| 15 | Erm , we hope that you will come back soon , because for all the reasons I 've outlined it 's tremendously important to us and it 's nice to have a body of , a big large body of trade unions in the city in terms of our feelings as , as local trade unions as well . |
| 16 | I wrote to that older brother of yours , ‘ My capabilities are of little matter now ’ , but I suppose I might be as well off writing to myself for all the answer I 'm likely to get . ’ |
| 17 | Davidson Davidson kind of claims this in semantics in natural languages which I suggested that you read , but Davidson puts the claim the other way round , that is there 's no more syntax than that structure needs in semantics and that 's just false , that 's just false because you 're not going to account for all the data I 've been talking about , about verb phrases . |
| 18 | I felt a momentary regret for all the waves I would never ride , when I had only just learned how . |
| 19 | You can chuck me in the river , if you like , for all the good I am to meself . |
| 20 | She could just as well have been arranging my funeral for all the co-operation I offered her . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope you 're grateful for all the trouble I 've just gone to , ’ he said . |