Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 2 | I can count the number of trout that I have taken from this lovely loch on the fingers of one hand and blank days are the rule , but I keep going back for more . |
| 3 | erm and I 've sent off for some loose fitting ones |
| 4 | Now for the that out and I 'll see what I 've written down for this Oh yeah er see Sue lost it erm well it 's a canine meaning , you know , the rose erm the dog rose . |
| 5 | an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts . |
| 6 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 7 | Yeah that 's what I 've come in for twenty for . |
| 8 | I need to sit down for three minutes or , me back 'll snap in two . |
| 9 | Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ? |
| 10 | The Forestry Commission has declared its intention to expand forestry , particularly of the broadleaved variety , at " down the hill " locations — a move away from recent tendencies to afforest uplands with conifer plantations , which have come in for extensive criticism [ see section on Pollution : Air in this issue ] . |
| 11 | " You want to look out for those , " he said . |
| 12 | It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’ |
| 13 | Have there been any developments on the guitar synth front which you 've taken up for this album ? |
| 14 | CHARLIE BISSET , a member of the elite club of players who have turned out for three Scottish districts , has been elected as an Edinburgh representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee . |
| 15 | Clients who have gone in for Public Issues often rue the day they chose to sell through a licensed dealer . |
| 16 | Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew , President of the BT National Swimathon , wished all 30,000 swimmers who have signed up for this year 's BT National Swimathon ‘ the very best of luck ’ . |
| 17 | They may be good business for surveyors , but they are a waste of money for those buyers who are unsuccessful or who have to pull out for one reason or another . |
| 18 | Obviously , there are others on the fringes of this group who have dropped out for 1-2 years ( an extra 13 firms ) but this leaves a large number who are at most transient players . |
| 19 | Can you explain the cultural foundation that you have set up for this loan ? |
| 20 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |
| 21 | Time dulls the memory , though , and we keep going back for more . |
| 22 | Yeah , we 've been out we 've gone out for six weeks tomorrow . |
| 23 | And those are what we 've thought out for British Rail . |
| 24 | Erm the third one is we 've got a small amount of money out of , think again it 's out of TEED and , but it 's N Y T E C have got hold of it and it 's to do with further development of the Careers Service Tech Partnership , but it 's only a few thousand , it 's a very small n amount compared , I mean the bid that we 've put in for this Standards and Indicators is more like sort of thirty thousand . |
| 25 | Well it I mean already , it is having quite an im impact erm especially for items like furniture and bedding , and I mean bedding does n't last for ever , especially with a family , and I know erm they 're allowed every so often , but erm I mean I think erm the the cutbacks are becoming more and more and more and and people seem to be which means that we have to look around for voluntary erm agencies that ca such as , who can provide us with furniture or beds and bedding . |
| 26 | This service is provided through IRPC by a legal expenses insurance policy which we have taken out for each of our customers ' benefit . |
| 27 | Systemic poisons will not stop the bees from taking a building brick , but they will be feeling pretty queer by the time they want to come back for more . |
| 28 | And they get let off for that ! |
| 29 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 30 | The schemes they have dreamed up for art-related asset-manipulation are being imitated throughout the world , notably in Europe and Japan . |