Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze . |
| 2 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 3 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 5 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 6 | I only wanted it for a |
| 7 | ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’ |
| 8 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 9 | I got off with Andrew but that 's all a p only a who I get off with him and I do n't fancy him , I know I do n't want to go out with him I just fancy him for the occasional snog , fair enough but I 'm just saying like you know you fancy |
| 10 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 11 | Jon sees the key to it all as simply getting out and having a good time : ‘ I just do it for a laugh , basically . |
| 12 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 13 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 14 | whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ? |
| 15 | I just needed them for a purpose , and that was enough . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't know what it was , but I instantly fingered her for an obvious goer , sack-artist , dick-idolator , and so on . |
| 17 | No I really got it for the er card holder . |
| 18 | In all the years Francis and I were married I never asked him for a cent . |
| 19 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 20 | ‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’ |
| 21 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 22 | I had intended to try and ring Jo as soon as I got in , to find out what the hell was going on , but I never made it for the house was in turmoil . |
| 23 | ‘ I never forget it for a minute , ’ said Gabriel . |
| 24 | I never doubted it for a minute , Jane , never . |
| 25 | She only fought him for a moment or two . |
| 26 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 27 | He might be the key to her freedom , but she still hated him for the confusion he aroused in her . |
| 28 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you really take me for a fool ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Will you kindly excuse me for a moment ? |