Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 3 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 4 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 5 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 6 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 7 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 8 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 9 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 10 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 11 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 12 | Physics realised 67 per cent ; History a promising 77 per cent ; and Mathematics was strongest of all , with an average of 77 per cent over three subjects : algebra I and II at 72 per cent and 80 per cent , geometry at 86 per cent and trigonometry at 70 per cent ; ( he admitted to us that he had opted for the latter at school , because it enabled him to evade Latin ! ) . |
| 13 | He had worked for the same engineering firm for thirty years and he had always set great store by the company pension . |
| 14 | He had worked for the same firm for 16 years without working on a Sunday because of his objection to working on a Sunday and his wish to stay at home and then to go to church . |