Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [indef pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buying a ticket for last night 's game does NOT guarantee one for the all-Ireland clash in November — unless a formal application was made at the time of purchase to the IFA office . |
| 2 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |
| 3 | Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds . |
| 4 | Probably get one for the little room , probably get er |
| 5 | He 'd left the local school as early as his birthday would allow and had n't really done anything for the following year except watch his father die . |
| 6 | ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 8 | I wo n't marry anyone for a long time . |
| 9 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 10 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 12 | And I think that if people who are still smoking , and I think nearly every smoker is unhappy with their habit , if they will remember that and think that they can actually do something for the next generation , it 's not their fault , there are people out there , there are forces out there who are forced them to start smoking and who are trying to get the generation to start . |
| 13 | ‘ You never do anything right , you never do anything for the right reasons . |
| 14 | They feel nothing about seriously mutilating someone for a trivial reason . |