Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [v-ing] [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm getting too old for hellraising anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm getting too old for this sort of thing , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm getting too old for this kind of caper , Willi , ’ Busacher said testily . |
| 4 | I 'm gettin' too old for that — it 's been ten years , time for me to chill . |
| 5 | But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships . |
| 6 | I was put on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd when they thought I was getting too big for my DMs , but they were real wild men and I liked them a lot and we got on very well . ’ |
| 7 | I can tell you I was feeling very sorry for myself ’ . |
| 8 | You 're gettin' too big for your boots . ’ |
| 9 | So what , when you 're paying that much for the hi-fi you do n't expect sound quality you 'll get from a tape to tape , it 's thought , the sound quality is so crap you might as well just do it on a shit thing |
| 10 | she was going too far for them |
| 11 | She usually enjoyed this part of the year immensely , but for once she was feeling quite unprepared for it . |
| 12 | After a while , David said we were getting too big for people not to turn up . |
| 13 | This change came about not because we were getting too big for our binding , rather we felt we could do better justice to the rich pageant of life at Sainsbury 's with more elbow room . |
| 14 | Oh it was just sold we were getting as much for the wool then as for . |
| 15 | S so it 's , it 's , it 's either that the cadres are being rightist , they are protecting the landlords so they are keeping too much , or the problem is that the cadres , what we looked at earlier , the cadres are getting in themselves and they are taking too much for themselves . |
| 16 | But it 's getting too close for comfort . |
| 17 | With like at stake , she does n't think it 's asking too much for a reduced speed limit , crossing and street lights . |
| 18 | relationship , I mean do set up , I mean , if you get into , if you establish relations with me then it 's an ongoing thing , it can be , and it ought to be , so you actually do see the same people over a period of time , and you do establish a modicum of trust , not entire trust , because it 's asking too much for entire trust in all circumstances , but at least there is a certain understanding , particularly with the , on the , on the local basis . |
| 19 | These days it 's becoming quite fashionable for hellraisers to reform . |
| 20 | And Conservative MP Jim Paice , chairman of the all-party Bloodstock Committee , said yesterday : ‘ I think it is looking very promising for registration . |
| 21 | For example , it is becoming increasingly necessary for much proposed new development to ensure that it is mentioned in the local plan . |
| 22 | As a result , it is becoming increasingly common for employers to engage the services of relocation companies which help expatriates and their families to find suitable accommodation . |
| 23 | It is becoming increasingly common for companies to pay the costs of a house-hunting ‘ look-see ’ trip around six to eight weeks before the transfer takes place . |
| 24 | It is becoming increasingly common for retailers to sell both types of product . |
| 25 | Moreover , it is becoming increasingly common for banks to request , as part of the security package , for an assignment of the warranties given by the vendors . |
| 26 | It is becoming more common for families to consist of a series of parent figures in various relationships to a series of children . |
| 27 | And he says it is becoming more common for people to sue for medical negligence after a delay of ten , twenty , even thiry years -- but such course is fraught with problems . |
| 28 | And it is doing just that for the ladies in my classes . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's getting too big for his focking black boots , that feller is . ’ |
| 30 | Buzz said , ‘ The girls trust Adam , but he 's getting too big for his boots — ordering everyone around . |