Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having watched television documentaries about life in East Germany , Becker was keen to see for himself for the first time . |
| 2 | Easy to get carried away if someone is bidding against you for a particular fish . |
| 3 | And I want to work with you for a new Kenya . ’ |
| 4 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
| 5 | Once territories have been established by young fans , occupants are physically confined within them for the entire duration of the match . |
| 6 | However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century . |
| 7 | First-class writers can defy this rule-of-thumb , but anyone else doing so risks alienating readers who have come to them for a particular sort of entertainment . |
| 8 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 9 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 10 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 11 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 12 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 13 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
| 14 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 15 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 16 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 17 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't think of anything for a good few hours , ’ he admitted throatily . |
| 19 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 20 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 21 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 22 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 23 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 24 | It was full of pieces of paper , which he dropped behind him for the other boys to follow . |
| 25 | About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house . |
| 26 | Johnny Miller played with us for the last two days . |
| 27 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 28 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
| 29 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 30 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |