Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And still you make sure I mean you know for that what I 've spent . |
| 2 | I think in the current atmosphere of local government reform , I mean maybe there is an answer there , I mean you work for local councils but much of your role is concerned with statutory instruments if you like , statutory issues , issues which have got absolutely nothing to do with the people who are supposedly making the decisions which you 're supposed to implement , they 're made nationally , and you have to implement them . |
| 3 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 4 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 5 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 6 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 7 | I know I speak for all of us … ’ |
| 8 | I find myself working for more money , bettering myself . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought you booked for eight-thirty , John . ’ |
| 10 | So nobody could I kept that shop , I paid the rent on the shop for twelve months , I kept it closed for twelve months , to get that place going . |
| 11 | I think they go for more sorts of jobs , it 's difficult to list them , but a lot are going into computing and electronics today , but we have people — we had one student who 's gone into accountancy , Royal Navy , weapons research , gas board , chemical side as opposed to physical side , video discs , hospital physics , where I would have thought the chemical aspects would be of use to them as well as the physics . |
| 12 | I think I go for clichéd solos in a way . |
| 13 | I think I read for two hours , but it seemed like ten minutes . |
| 14 | I think it argues for open access to individual programmes of learning . |
| 15 | I fought for them two , to get that home for her , so I said no , the only way you 'll do it , and I , when she were on her own , I said , not that I do n't trust Nigel , I do , but you do n't know what 's gon na happen in ten , in ten years time , I said I fought for that house for you , if you exchange it , you exchange it in your name |
| 16 | I had I saved for three years . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you think I care for that ? ’ he said , a smile in his eyes . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose you expect me to pay for that drink , do you ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You want me to pay for this information ? ’ |
| 20 | So you got two choices : either you send someone to look for these clowns , or you say , ‘ Oh well , I do n't know , something must have happened , and I 'll forget all about it . |
| 21 | She let it rest for longer than she should have done and then moved slightly away . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you expect me to apologise for all this ? ’ he asked in a rough voice . |
| 23 | And you know we arranged for that , but I had a bit of a job to come from school . |
| 24 | So you know what to do for that . |
| 25 | you know you stop for twenty minutes , put twenty minutes , and you , you just press return and it throws a map up , a map of part of England |
| 26 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |
| 27 | She heard him reach for another sandwich . |
| 28 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 29 | I dared not say a word in case you sent me packing for good . ’ |
| 30 | Do you suppose they cater for such a range of sizes |