Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . |
| 2 | ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’ |
| 3 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’ |
| 5 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 6 | KIND-HEARTED Jimmy Savile has fixed it for a badly-burned Romanian boy to have surgery in Britain . |
| 7 | Your wife has left you for a continuous period of two years . |
| 8 | ‘ I am writing to thank you for a lovely holiday near Brno in Czechoslovakia at the Hotel Form . |
| 9 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 10 | Scorton does have a playing field , but this is administered by the Parish Council and no application has been made to use it for a finishing point . |
| 11 | Well our company decided to send us for a fucking first aid course and this , it 's er most embarrassing on this particular night we 'd stopped in er in the Chapel Hill in Lisburn |
| 12 | ( Beware of those therapists who seek to charge you for a complete course of treatment at the very beginning , as it is almost impossible to know how well each individual will respond and therefore how many sessions will be needed . ) |
| 13 | This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks . |
| 14 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 15 | In some circumstances one might seek a maximally parallel version of a program , but it is more likely that one will be attempting to optimise it for a particular configuration . |
| 16 | MR IAN ROWDON OF HALCROW WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT/INTRODUCTION . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , but nobody 's going to consider you for a junior post any more . ’ |
| 18 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |
| 19 | At the war 's end , charity assembled to comfort her for a brief moment and whilst wishing her long life , nevertheless dispersed and never reassembled . |
| 20 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 21 | and you 'll probably want to keep it for a little while ? |
| 22 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 24 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 25 | As more people choose to enjoy the horse for leisure and sporting activities , the Event will bring together everyone with a serious interest and involvement in horses , and those with the land and resources who may wish to utilise them for a new equine business . |
| 26 | Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy . |
| 27 | Maxim would have known it for a British government office no matter where in the world he met it : small neon-lit with a hodge-podge of cheap furniture and painted to look scruffy even when it was surgically dean . |
| 28 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 29 | If your car seems totally unsuitable for transporting the patient , you may have to exchange it for a different model . |
| 30 | I said well if you got us a dog I 'd have to take it for a late night walk would n't I ? |