Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 2 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 4 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 5 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 6 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 7 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 8 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 9 | A problem sometimes associated with salespeople who have worked for the same company for many years is that they rely on established customers to provide repeat orders rather than actively seeking new business . |
| 10 | She stood listening for a few minutes , trying not to smile . |
| 11 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 12 | Fourteen weeks ' full maternity pay for everyone and an end to the confusing restrictions on how long you have to work for the same company to qualify for your job back are just two of the expected improvements . |
| 13 | You need to rest for a few days , but you should be all right soon enough . |
| 14 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 15 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 16 | We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal . |
| 17 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 18 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 19 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 20 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 21 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 22 | He happened to work for the same paper which stitched Botham up some eight years ago . |
| 23 | Physics realised 67 per cent ; History a promising 77 per cent ; and Mathematics was strongest of all , with an average of 77 per cent over three subjects : algebra I and II at 72 per cent and 80 per cent , geometry at 86 per cent and trigonometry at 70 per cent ; ( he admitted to us that he had opted for the latter at school , because it enabled him to evade Latin ! ) . |
| 24 | He had worked for the same engineering firm for thirty years and he had always set great store by the company pension . |
| 25 | He had worked for the same firm for 16 years without working on a Sunday because of his objection to working on a Sunday and his wish to stay at home and then to go to church . |