Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berenice has high blood-pressure ; she has to remain in hospital because of stress , or she will miscarry , and if that happens I fear for her mental health . ’ |
| 2 | I long for his unwashed eyes . |
| 3 | And I long for your gentle touch , |
| 4 | This is my son and I apologise for his bad manners . |
| 5 | Incidentally , I listen for my own information and education to the early recordings of the Busch quartet to get the measure of what can be achieved , and what pianissimo and dolce really mean . |
| 6 | I look for what each dog is , its own character , its own personality apart from its overall breed ’ . |
| 7 | I run for my own satisfaction really . |
| 8 | Others I like for their sheer messiness . |
| 9 | How could I dictate to some amanuensis all the love I feel for my darling Lily , the loveliest flower … . |
| 10 | I pay for my own ribbons and object to this rape of my printer . |
| 11 | I enjoy nature and long country walks , and I cheer-lead for my local basketball team . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've been out on the West Coast where everything 's mellow and laid-back , ’ says Julian , when I ask for his first impressions of NYC . |
| 13 | However , to go on justifying ends by further ends will involve me in an infinite regress unless I arrive at a terminus in something that I do for its own sake . |
| 14 | That , that 's funny , but I think for you Suburban Commando would have been better . |
| 15 | I call for his immediate resignation and the transfer of power to a collective body , the Council of the Federation … |
| 16 | Now , like all my other gadgets , it is a real friend and I reach for it several times a week to help ease and speed up specific tasks . |
| 17 | But enough of the self-indulgent whingeing I have for you this month the rest of The Jetsons solution , Murray Mouse : Supercop and Biff maps , among with whatever you kind readers send in . |
| 18 | Use a strip of knitting as long as you want for your finished garland , sewn as you go so that you have a covered cone , about six inches of knitting unsewn , another cone — as long as long as you want your garland to be . |
| 19 | Let us promise you , you are not allowed to die any more , we are going to s , to improve our treatment , and you 're going to survive , but with daily , increasing threat to that financial dependence that you 've so keenly want , that you want for your loved ones . |
| 20 | and then when you get the to the end of it all you sa you say and they sell that for an eighth of a price that you charge for your bloody beer ! |
| 21 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |
| 22 | IF YOU vote for your top videos of the last year and you could be driving a brand new SEAT Ibiza 1.2 SLXi ! |
| 23 | You pay for your own petrol and stuff . |
| 24 | The remuneration for a lecture at the National Gallery that might take two weeks to prepare stands at £50 and in many cases you pay for your own slides . |
| 25 | How much you pay for our Current Account service depends on the way you run your account , but the standard item costs and fixed charge shown below are payable each charging quarter . |
| 26 | We in the Royal Air Force , if you ask for our professional advice , are convinced that we will require manned aircraft as far as we can see to supplement the missile in both the offensive and defensive roles . |
| 27 | The type of frame you choose for your finished work is an entirely personal decision , based on your own likes and dislikes , but I would strongly suggest that you think about the type of frame you will be using right from the start of your work . |
| 28 | On top of all that , we pay the same amount for it as you do for your four times fatter version . |
| 29 | A detailed planning budget for both capital and operating accounts must now be prepared not only to give you the information you require for your own plans , but also as the main evidence to persuade the Bank Manager to finance your endeavours . |
| 30 | The command must come after and device drivers you need for your expanded memory card . |