Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I ca n't believe I knocked myself out for that flake . ’
2 I keep it on for several days . ’
3 I I bought it specially for all three of you .
4 I left them there for many hours , and when they were cold again , I found that they were hard and strong .
5 I wrote them down for each person .
6 Do you want anything else for that er
7 Why have you brought me out for this ? ’
8 You keep it on for all that time ?
9 I 'm just can you put me down for some paracetamols for the pain
10 That is what the greenbelt is actually there for , and if you have it there for that purpose , as I said yesterday , the necessary corollary is that you have additional provision beyond it , and I ca n't resist to offer Mr Wincup some support , I 'm sure one piece of evidence that he gave you about the letter from the Parish Council , he 's probably already replied to that Parish Council saying , as you 're in the York greenbelt have no fear , all the Selby needs will pass straight across your heads and land somewhere else .
11 It 's a bit of oh my God , I did n't realize we let ourselves in for that much and I , I do n't think that 's quite fair of us , although I think we , we had a but some operating companies were , have certainly realized that they had erm material potential liabilities down the track led to redesign .
12 We leave it then for another 2 to 3 weeks to mature in casks then it 's ready to drink . ’
13 I can imagine them doing it now for all it 's worth .
14 And last night he eluded his two markers to decisive effect although they shadowed him well for much of the match .
15 So well we could go out there anyway to see whether they 've got any er you see if they carried it on for another month
16 The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal .
17 and cos he paid him twice for that , their sweets , and John was coming up , so , I do n't know if it was genuine , asked him and I cos I knew John was coming up
18 He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment .
19 He examined her objectively for several minutes .
20 He took me down for many terrible half-hours beneath the floorboards , beneath the joists , with cord or cable in his questing hand ; the platonic darkness of this underworld became a figure for our nightlife , candle-lit , torchbeam-pierced ; our old existence I came to picture as a boundless cathedral of light .
21 A Sunday newspaper had once revealed that he 'd wanted to marry a feminist and she 'd run off with a lesbian , which was why he had it in for both .
22 But his arms reached to enfold her , drawing her against his chest , where he held her closely for several long moments .
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