Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 32 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 33 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 34 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |
| 35 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 36 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 37 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 38 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 39 | ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’ |
| 40 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 41 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 42 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 43 | Here is what she wrote : Beware the feline of the sea ; lest might happen to you what happened to me ; When once I booked for a short break stay , I found it impossible to get away — Seacat did not turn up to-day . |
| 44 | Why am I looking for a new job ? |
| 45 | For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation . |
| 46 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 47 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 48 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 49 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
| 50 | I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door . |
| 51 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 52 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 53 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 54 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 55 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 56 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 57 | I speak for the first time . |
| 58 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 59 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 60 | Now I die for the last time . |