Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean I feel sorry for young mums now because there 's no way if they take on these mortgages they can have a family |
| 2 | The board itself has been soaked beforehand so the wood does not absorb the dampness too quickly ; in fact it feeds it back to the clay , enabling it to stay fresh for longer . |
| 3 | thank you and you would accept would n't you , that if we have a brochure , let us say printed for next January , January nineteen ninety four alright , and I came along as a retired person in the Spring of nineteen ninety five or indeed the Summer of nineteen ninety five , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eighteen months later , those brochure figures will inevitably be out of date in the sense of being inaccurate would n't they ? |
| 4 | Philip 's visa has finally come through and Kelly has returned to Britain to help him get ready for married life in Australia . |
| 5 | As a test of his strength Utnapishtim challenged him to stay awake for six days and seven nights — " But while Gilgamesh sat there resting on his haunches , a mist of sleep like soft wool teased from the fleece drifted over him , and Utnapishtim said to his wife , " Look at him now , the strong man who would have everlasting life , even now the mists of sleep are drifting over him . " " |
| 6 | How do you spell , how do you spell fair for fair haired ? |
| 7 | Their clicks are not FM , nor do they appear suitable for Doppler-shift speed metering . |