Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 2 | Rain said : ‘ I think that means until I leave for London . ’ |
| 3 | In it the pope said nothing about homage , and argued temperately against lay investitures , minimizing their importance , and denying that he sought for himself any increase of authority or any diminution of the king 's due power . |
| 4 | Then , assuming " phantom " chains , the change in free energy per chain as the end-to-end vector R changes to is Averaging over all chains and remembering that we have For a network of n chains per unit volume the change in free energy will be n times this . |
| 5 | If a person goes to the town hall and says that he qualifies for a discount , the authority will need proof . |
| 6 | Coughing and spluttering as she gasped for air , Laura was jerked into consciousness by the sound of a high-pitched giggle and the feel of a wet kiss on her cheek . |
| 7 | This began with some flattering words about us both , and implied that he had for long been unable to make up his mind about the abdication . |
| 8 | The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart . |
| 9 | They looked at each other and laughed as they went for the top A and each found that no noise came out at all . |
| 10 | He went back to bed and wept until they came for him . |
| 11 | He had never yet seen her washed and dressed before he left for his game of golf on the way to the small art gallery that he owned in Brook Street . |
| 12 | Carson carried her weekend bag through a brick archway to a side door , and waited as she looked for her key . |
| 13 | To generalize and say that it stood for anything at all was self-delusion and deceit . |
| 14 | ‘ Less of your lip , Prescott , and see that you report for latrines duty straight after breakfast . ’ |
| 15 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |