Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's not much point in paying out over £100 if you 're only going to use it for two weeks a year on holiday . |
| 2 | I took another deep breath — I only wanted to see him for half an hour — and said what I could . |
| 3 | Mr Charlwood was a widower with two teenage daughters and did not want to leave them for longer than necessary . |
| 4 | But what you are saying is you 're not going to give it for free ? |
| 5 | I 'll have a go , but I 'm not going to do it for two or three |
| 6 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 7 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 8 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 9 | She could easily have slapped her for that remark , which was silly really , but nonetheless that was how she felt . |
| 10 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 11 | You are already aware that the Sports Council very generously grant aided us for 1985 and when you receive your Annual Report you will see that we have a surplus of approximately £7.500 . |
| 12 | And almost before he had finished speaking , his mouth forced itself over hers in a kiss that was clearly designed to punish her for that last remark . |
| 13 | " You 're probably going to hate me for this . " |
| 14 | We would also like to thank him for all the hard work he put into Lee Green . |
| 15 | Yeah but er it really has knocked me for six this time . |
| 16 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 17 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |
| 18 | In spite of all the powers with which he was armed , and routinely used for routine ends , it is clear that the Northern Nigerian Resident too often failed to use them for good : being , rather than doing , good came to define the limits of his aspirations . |
| 19 | Er the things that she said were that women used more hedges , such as I think er hedges are sort of things that get put into the conversation if al allegedly if somebody wants to give the impression that they 're not quite sure , and they would n't w You know like I would n't want to say it for sure but I think that . |
| 20 | When I tried printing pictures with plenty of tones and shades , some faint vertical bars did appear , but most people probably wo n't want to use it for heavy graphics output . |
| 21 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 22 | I had to get one bag I did n't like to ask her for two . |
| 23 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
| 24 | Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . " |
| 25 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 26 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 27 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , I was looking for you and I would n't have figured you for this particular humming and vibrant example of the capital 's nightscene . ’ |
| 29 | You were n't planning to use it for any of your own guests , were you ? ’ |
| 30 | There was a rush by speculators to buy the true classics , subject them to extremely expensive rebuilds , and then to attempt to sell them for sky-high prices . |