Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With someone who 's not I 'd try and get them to wait for a couple of days and then if they would n't I 'd go through the and get them it today . |
| 2 | Two of , two of them departed for a period of six months . |
| 3 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 4 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 5 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
| 7 | No because , I applied for a lot of jobs |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I do n't mind , ’ said Ianthe , watching an old woman watering plants on a nearby roof ‘ How I long for a cup of tea ! ’ she went on , coming back into the room . |
| 9 | First , I believe that I speak for a number of my hon. Friends when I say that we want the Bill to reach the statute book , come what may , in view of the approaching general election , and I hope that it will be given a fair wind . |
| 10 | Everytime I receive Wimpey News I look for a mention of where I work . |
| 11 | I paid for a tub of polyripple already with the stuff in it |
| 12 | It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee . |
| 13 | I served for a number of years on the selection committee of the Humboldt-Stiftung . |
| 14 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
| 15 | Doubting Thomas , I stared for a couple of seconds before plunging my hand in . |
| 16 | Waking bright and early the next morning I reached for a copy of Delicacy as the most economical means of establishing whether I was still alive . |
| 17 | I reached for a packet of Gauloises , tore open the corner and offered them to him . |
| 18 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |
| 19 | Her hair was fair , so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently , Elizabeth Lavenza . |
| 20 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 21 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 22 | I got a chicken from there other day , I went for a joint of pork I thought oh I 'll have a couple of them joints , fetch a couple back and er I says it 's not Christmas now you know . |
| 23 | I went for a game of golf , I had nine holes . |
| 24 | Not a wink all night did I get , so I went for a breath of air . ’ |
| 25 | Well aware of the undertaking he added ‘ The day before I went for a load of beers to prepare for the ordeal . ’ |
| 26 | Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways . |
| 27 | I think for a lot of people , yes , it does , and though the pile of bricks obviously comes under Art with a capital A , crafts perhaps has not suffered quite as much , but I think there is the feeling amongst people that if they get a pot which is , shall we say non-function and wo n't pour , then is it art or craft ? |
| 28 | I slept for a couple of hours and was awakened while it was still dark by a gentle rapping on my door : it proved to be Emil , fully dressed and apologetic . |
| 29 | I longed for a story of mine to be given that accolade . |
| 30 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |