Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload .
2 Do n't overfeed them to compensate for the fasting stage .
3 Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College .
4 I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back .
5 I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’
6 But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college
7 Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college .
8 I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket .
9 I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation .
10 Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good .
11 At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened .
12 When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people .
13 This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air .
14 This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay .
15 ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats .
16 I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’
17 I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks .
18 We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up .
19 This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers .
20 So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ?
21 Starving and tired I prepared for the next day .
22 I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door .
23 He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt .
24 Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses .
25 I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long .
26 He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing .
27 Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) .
28 Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe .
29 I speak for the first time .
30 ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst .
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