Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze . |
| 2 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 3 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 4 | I only wanted it for a |
| 5 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 6 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 7 | I just needed them for a purpose , and that was enough . ’ |
| 8 | In all the years Francis and I were married I never asked him for a cent . |
| 9 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 10 | ‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’ |
| 11 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 12 | I never doubted it for a minute , Jane , never . |
| 13 | She only fought him for a moment or two . |
| 14 | Car joy : Prince Charles presented a £54,000 hi-tech van to disabled man who then took him for a spin . |
| 15 | She initially mistook him for a police officer as he was wearing a police-style anorak , white shirt and black tie . |
| 16 | Which was good news for START ( Skin Treatment and Research Trust ) as we also asked you for a donation to help START in their research into replacement skin for series skin problems . |
| 17 | ‘ But I reckon they just mistook it for a runway . |
| 18 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 19 | She had vowed to fight for Roman 's love , but how could she when he only wanted her for a stopgap while Dana was away ? |
| 20 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 21 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 22 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
| 23 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 24 | Yeah , oh it really knocked him for a burton , you see his , you see Clifford and him , with this boy that 's had their , their , his son that was |
| 25 | He then holed it for a three . |
| 26 | My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while . |
| 27 | And he told me , he told me , I 've got it written on the back of me hand I thought it was brilliant that , I thought little do you know what I 'm gon na use that for he never phoned me for a , he 's not phoned me for |