Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 3 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 4 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 5 | Erm and while I was married I bought it back for twenty and a few months later I sell it for ten pound . |
| 6 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
| 7 | I got it for six months , te |
| 8 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 9 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 10 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 11 | I used it for New Blues and almost all of Summer Song and perhaps the solo on Rubina 's Blue Sky Happiness . |
| 12 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
| 13 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 14 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
| 15 | I know with mine it was a pound and , I renewed mine for two years , well three years I think I never drove , I just wanted to have a provisional , but now , I think like if someone said it was fifteen or seventeen |
| 16 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 17 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
| 18 | Er I get it for three quid , three something like . |
| 19 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 20 | Well , I stuck it for two years . |
| 21 | I locked myself for two days and nights in my room without food or water or sleep . |
| 22 | I do not relish the thought of leaving her here with him while I drive you for many miles and wait for you to linger by shop windows . ’ |
| 23 | I loved you for thirteen days of my life , and did n't the rest of my life count for anything ? ’ |
| 24 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
| 25 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 26 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 27 | I watched it for several minutes , and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and the rest were going up and down . |
| 28 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 29 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 30 | When I wore it for seven hours in wind-driven rain , the jacket only started absorbing water after the fourth hour . |