Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he owned were the clothes on his back and a few cassettes which I 'd partly paid for anyway . |
| 2 | It 's nice , I suppose please come for please I do n't like that . |
| 3 | The hon. Member for Stirling ( Mr. Forsyth ) — I am not complaining about him , so I do not apologise for not having given him notice that I should raise the point — uses the crest of the House of Commons on his parliamentary report . |
| 4 | ‘ But I do n't ask for very much . ’ |
| 5 | [ In talking about continued home care ] I can stand the strain at the moment , but I do n't know for how long I can go on . |
| 6 | I do n't mind for about two three days |
| 7 | I did not hope for very much when I began my Alexander lessons , because of my past experiences . |
| 8 | I did n't say for ever . |
| 9 | I carry on walking for quite a bit . |
| 10 | ‘ I had n't worked for about a year and a half , and I was about to compromise — to take a part in a stupid comedy . |
| 11 | At this moment , at this precise moment , a feeling came over me that I had n't had for nearly a month . |
| 12 | I had not prayed for so long I did n't know what to say . |
| 13 | Nothing too mettlesome , because I have n't ridden for more than three years . ’ |
| 14 | What about Democratic hopeful Paul Tsongas 's lymphoma cancer which has not recurred for over five years ? |
| 15 | For the first time in my life I tasted champagne and I did not care for it very much because I was a complete and absolute non-drinker at the time , I would like to warn anybody that this was something which did not last for very long : I have since acquired an insatiable thirst and desire for champagne . |
| 16 | There was talk of developing a ‘ clean ’ bomb with little fall-out , a chimera at that time , which simply produced a lot of Carbon-14 which does not decay for literally thousands of years . |
| 17 | Apart from moisture vapour , the air also contains millions of tiny plant spores which float around looking for somewhere to live and multiply . |
| 18 | ‘ How can we just throw in a lad who has not played for so long ? |
| 19 | A MYSTERY man who has not spoken for almost a week broke his silence yesterday to Darlington police . |
| 20 | Chrissie is not protected to the same extent because she has not worked for long enough , and there may be grounds for dismissal . |
| 21 | ‘ So you 'd best live for ever , had n't you ? … |
| 22 | Mick Jagger and Gary Lineker are two other role models who hold little appeal for sexually inactive men . |
| 23 | She came here looking for somewhere to live . |
| 24 | I go and wait about for a min , half a sec , ha , you know just wait for about ten seconds I 've forgotten what I 'm supposed to say wha , can you remind you ? |
| 25 | Whatever one feels about his captaincy at Old Trafford , nobody could possibly do other than admire a man who went on to bat for more than five hours , immediately after suffering a truly horrific hammering in the field . |
| 26 | You do n't ask for much , do you , mate ? ’ |
| 27 | I was gon na ask a favour , if you do n't mind for tonight . |
| 28 | She knew , although she did not know for quite how long , she had been running aimlessly . |
| 29 | Either that or you will have decided to build that extension you 've both wanted for so long to put that rattan furniture in , and when it 's finished discover that the blessed stuff does n't fit at all . |
| 30 | ‘ What do you think you 're doing … ? she gasped , still feeling shocked and disorientated by the sudden , totally unexpected appearance of the man she had n't seen for so many years . |