Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days . |
| 2 | Now I must admit my first thoughts of it were it really gets my back up for some reason or other . |
| 3 | We had a month , thought Jay , I 've worked my ass off for this exhibition and you 've done nothing . |
| 4 | Do I need my glasses on for this book ? |
| 5 | I returned to Sheffield and Pam and did n't see Scotland or my Mom again for several years . |
| 6 | During training — or later , if I wanted to knock her weight down for any reason — she 'd have one day-old chick a day . |
| 7 | It stood over her body protectively for several hours , unmoving . |
| 8 | and do n't forget first news of the football … on goals extra tomorrow teatime … our next sport takes us to Kingsholm in Gloucester and its curtain up for this week 's rugby review |
| 9 | Most of them have managed their own homes and catered for their families efficiently for many years , and even elderly men know a little more about cooking than their fathers did . |
| 10 | Er , and that 's one of the problems , is persuading good people to put their names forward for these jobs , and that 's how you present it . |
| 11 | The French employed troops and also aircraft to crush the rebels , yet they were unable to impose their control completely for several months . |
| 12 | Susan held her cup out for more coffee . |
| 13 | Like Nigel , Alan had retired early , and they had enlarged and modernized — quite beautifully — a cottage nearby which had been their holiday home for many years . |
| 14 | Drovers had pastured their herds here for many years but their customary right had vanished when Flemyng bought the ground and it was a daily vexation of Cameron 's to move the animals out from among his materials and even from inside the unfinished walls . |
| 15 | Jude put her arm out for some support other than Marlin , her fingers finding the wall . |
| 16 | erm has been has had his erm er his feelers out for all sorts of advertising . |
| 17 | He spent a great deal of time in his efforts certainly for this trade union and in recruitment where he works , he 's made it not hundred percent , hundred and ten percent and is constantly , er , recruiting constantly recruiting . |
| 18 | They did used to take away rights , which mainly why he 's put his application in for this relative |
| 19 | For the first time Aranyos seemed uncertain how to proceed , sucking his lip thoughtfully for several seconds before continuing , ‘ It involves looking into a curious business which could prove to be a complete dead end , namely an attack on a girl in the Bauernmarkt last Saturday evening . |
| 20 | What lessons here for some others today . |
| 21 | I 'm just , I 'm just hear to say this , our directions actually for this area , is now nice it to have this keeping separately , in and fully supporting that , you know , it , it , it does and I 'm very pleased with it , so |
| 22 | And we have had the trust secretary who has been working on our behalf voluntarily for some time now . |
| 23 | If you have to lay your detector up for any length of time remove the batteries . |