Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots . |
| 2 | I 'll tell you , Crilly , about my first trip to Scotland and the men in chip shops who call you ‘ Hen ’ and the lads wearing green Celtic scarves at lunchtime and broad pointy-horned cattle and graveyards macabre with the tilting of tombstones caked with moss and weeds , sheep grazing and weaving amongst them , and a coastal fishing town in Harris where a night sky shimmers only to itself and I am without friends from , the real world and I listen only for the sound of the tin whistle while the boats rock gently in the jetty and the sky rages from beige to black and craggy mountains dart until forever and a fisherman stands , stunning and alone , strong and unnamed , and leads me slowly into that everchanging sea . |
| 3 | I stand here for the President , and there is no spirit good or bad who will hinder me . |
| 4 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 5 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 6 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 7 | They said twelve , but I think really for the humour alone they needed to be about fifteen or sixteen because they did n't understand it . |
| 8 | Is n't this where you line up for the tram coming home from work ? ’ |
| 9 | Yeah , well he 's , when he first says to me he says right he says er , this was when I first got an inkling that he was gon na check the mileage you know like for the future , and it says erm , where do you wan na go to ? |
| 10 | The list you draw up for the exercise might be completely different . |
| 11 | Sometimes it 's free ( or , to put it another way , you pay only for the time you access the system ) , at other times you pay per ‘ page ’ of information you read . |
| 12 | If he is negligent , and as a result you pay more for the property than it is worth , then again you can claim damages for the difference and any consequential costs and inconvenience . |
| 13 | If you go away for the weekend during the winter , leave the central heating on the minimum thermostat setting , with the programmer set to 24-hour operation and remove or prop open the loft hatch . |
| 14 | And later when I saw Paul , I said Paul if you go away for the weekend , if you tell me , I can put your milk in my fridge . |
| 15 | If you if you go out for the kitchen you know or whatever it is |
| 16 | One of the things that I used to do was train and I know the feeling , I know the excitement , I know the adrenalin that pumps round the body , when you go in for the kill . |
| 17 | ‘ He feels it best that you stay here for the moment . |
| 18 | We apologise unreservedly for the offence caused by the reported remarks and give every assurance that we will continue to work positively with the community . ’ |
| 19 | → Of course we apologise unreservedly for the error contained in Tony Iommi 's interview . |
| 20 | Each day we look out for the postman — but so far there 's been nothing . |
| 21 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 22 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 23 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 24 | From the definition C=q/V we get immediately for the capacitance per unit length : |
| 25 | We grieve also for the loss of an ideal or a belief , for changes in our body , a place we had to leave , an animal companion , even an illusion . |
| 26 | ‘ You can stay here until we close up for the night , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Taiwan is one of the most Westernised countries in this region , and our last few surveys have shown that we 're attracting an extensive local listenership now , covering an age-group ranging from mid-teens to late thirties , so we want to ditch a lingering perception that we exist solely for the benefit of non-nationals . |
| 28 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 29 | Well to tell you the truth , I went to own school , when it was er winter , when it comes the winter , they bate somewhere for the winter , do you see ? |
| 30 | Bands like Curve and the Sundays float careers on their female vocalists ' cheekbones , playing down their looks even as they pose bashfully for the cover of yet another music magazine . |