Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 2 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 3 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 4 | I guess for a true human you 've reached a decent age . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is important for the children to be medically fit to go , so I ask for a full report from their doctors , ’ says Dr Holmes-Smith . |
| 6 | Subject : I go for a good win |
| 7 | After a birching twelve shillings and sixpence for " school medicine " was reputedly put on the school bill — I presume for a new birch , but I never verified this . |
| 8 | I write for an American magazine . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 11 | I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation . |
| 12 | I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 14 | So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway . |
| 15 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |
| 16 | Often he sang a Livornese song with the words : ‘ I work for a hundred lire a month . |
| 17 | Now I work for a local authority so I 've got a big interest in this , but I 've also been involved as John will remember in a strike . |
| 18 | Erm sorry , just to come back , er I work for an amateur theatre company |
| 19 | ‘ You mean for a little holiday ? ’ |
| 20 | Within a long programme you may find a short sequence which contains exactly what you want for a particular lesson . |
| 21 | But once that 's been accepted you ca n't argue with the price and this jacket 's certain to keep you warm for a few years at least . |
| 22 | You long for a recognisable villain . |
| 23 | But if you want real change , if you long for a better future for yourself , your family , your community and your country , then read on . |
| 24 | If you hope for a better world then maybe if you try hard enough , it can be achieved . |
| 25 | The price you see is the price you pay — even if you wait for a late booking ! |
| 26 | ‘ If you 're going to be difficult , ’ Adam said , ‘ I suggest that either you wait for a hundred years or agree to reduce the amount payable , by half . ’ |
| 27 | If you wait for a few minutes , and it really can be that long , you might be surprised to discover that Windows un-freezes of its own accord . |
| 28 | When you shop for a new bed make sure you try out lots of models . |
| 29 | erm and he was released and he came to Harlow and we meet him and that was , that was very good , erm , but we have n't had one like that , you know for a long time . |
| 30 | house you know for a few pence . |