Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 2 | Then she reaches nervously for a hand-rolled fag . |
| 3 | He skips over for the bloody |
| 4 | He has received a card with drawings of gangsters on it and threats of a ‘ warm welcome ’ if he turns up for the second-round tie . |
| 5 | It goes straight for a few yards and then bends round the corner into blackness . |
| 6 | If I cough or something it goes quite for a little while then comes back again . |
| 7 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 8 | But he lines up for the Welsh All-Blacks today , hoping to take another step towards erasing the memory . |
| 9 | For this reason , it jars oddly for an English ear to hear words like ‘ soul ’ , ‘ destiny ’ and ‘ national psyche ’ being the common currency of political discourse in Germany . |
| 10 | But the preponderance of evidence about the computer business shows that the IBM name no longer has its old magic … and it has n't for the past few years . |
| 11 | He cares neither for the broad sweep of grand strategy nor for the narrow focus of specific campaigns , so he ignores both government archives and the memoirs of the great and the good . |
| 12 | The confidential reports , leaked by the unions , were compiled by 15 internal ‘ taskforces ’ charged with considering the BBC 's prospects as it gears up for the public debate over renewing its royal charter in 1996 . |
| 13 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 14 | It calls instead for a negotiated settlement based on two principles . |
| 15 | But England fullback Jon Webb does n't mind eating turf as he skids over for the first of his two tries as part of a record-equalling 22-point haul . |
| 16 | He pays up for the Big Turn but , ’ she shook her head and compressed her lips together , ‘ she 's never once swept that stair . ’ |
| 17 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 18 | While I think he is right to criticise those who propounded a social gospel earlier in the century he does so for the wrong reason . |
| 19 | It brings together for the first time 24 internationally produced and acclaimed animations , displaying a vast array of styles and experimentation . |
| 20 | But when it comes up for the real audit , what job , is it going to encourage jobs that are audited . |
| 21 | Joshua fills out the details of the orders , but in doing so clearly reads God 's mind , for he comes in for no heavenly rebuke . |