Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know I lay awake for a little while last night and came to the conclusion that I had no grounds for thinking him old or frumpy ? |
| 2 | Before making more coffee I stand silent for a full minute , to be sure there 's nothing out there I should have heard . |
| 3 | If Punch dies , how do I keep sane for the next 40 years ! ! |
| 4 | ‘ You mean , I talk funny for an ex-bog-trotter slum-kid ? ’ |
| 5 | I feel sorry for the poor person who has to translate it . |
| 6 | I feel sorry for the poor man ! |
| 7 | I feel sorry for the little girl and I suggest to the writer that she consoles her daughter by telling her that the vile custom of killing wild animals for fun is on the way out , that almost all british people feel as she does , and are determined to end such cruelty , and that she can help to bring about its end by supporting the League Against Cruel Sports and talking about the work they do to her schoolfriends . |
| 8 | I feel sorry for the French Commando being carried by the two German soldiers . |
| 9 | Travelling by train from Gatwick Airport to London , I felt sorry for the many foreign visitors struggling to follow the announcements made over the loudspeaker . |
| 10 | He stuck hi and he get that wound up towards the end I felt sorry for the poor little soul ! |
| 11 | ‘ With Amber I felt sick for the first five months , ’ she says . |
| 12 | In the motorway restaurant , I chose a bland meal I thought suitable for a little girl , and had a chicken salad myself . |
| 13 | The tabloid press will publish stories of dole scroungers laying in bed all day , living the life of Riley on the dole , blaming the unemployed and making them feel guilty for a desperate plight . |
| 14 | In general the obsidian forms only on the outer skin of the lava , which is rapidly chilled , while the central parts of the flow , which remain hot for a long while , consist of rhyolite . |
| 15 | After walking in the relative heat for two hours , we decided that it was time for a break , and this decision was reinforced when we spotted a river which looked perfect for a quick ‘ dip ’ . |
| 16 | These he assembled in his Chelsea Knackatory in 1695 , an establishment which proved popular for the next hundred years . |
| 17 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |
| 18 | With twelve children to her credit , she became pregnant for the thirteenth time by a British soldier . |
| 19 | When she became pregnant for the third time she was given an amniocentesis , the only form of testing available at that time . |
| 20 | There is a high mortality associated with old people who lie undetected for a long time , both related to the injury sustained and to complications ; such as hypothermia , dehydration , bronchopneumonia and breakdown of pressure areas ( Wild et al , 1981 ) . |
| 21 | SO AS YOU GET READY FOR THE BIG DAY TRY WEARING RUSSELL . |
| 22 | A LORRY driver who felt sorry for an unwanted calf stole animal feed to keep it alive . |
| 23 | She looked interested for the first time . |
| 24 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 25 | She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring . |
| 26 | She lay awake for a long time , looking at a pattern of moonlight on the stone floor of the bedroom and listening to the distant complaints of the chained dog she now knew to belong to Buck Kettering . |
| 27 | That night she lay awake for a long time , thinking first of her father , recalling many happy childhood memories and wishing fervently , as she had so many times before , that he had not left her so soon . |
| 28 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 29 | She stayed awake for a long time wondering uneasily whether cruelty was a natural part of her character , or whether its expression was merely an aspect of growing up . |
| 30 | She stood still for a long moment that seemed to the others to grow into an age . |