Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | erm I ca n't hear for Dorothy 's car , what did you say ? is he going I think I 'd better I said thank you for the cake |
2 | so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses |
3 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
4 | So we agreed to do it for him . |
5 | They 're they 're the eyes and ears of their boss and they have to report any political pressure so we have to find something for them to report basically . |
6 | She thought perhaps he 'd mistaken her for someone else . |
7 | ‘ Perhaps he 's taken them for a holiday ? ’ |
8 | ‘ The ambulance came to take her away she kept thanking us for our help . ’ |
9 | Finally she agreed to meet him for lunch the following week , and they agreed a time and a place . |
10 | But at least when this bloke comes tonight you 've got something for him . |
11 | Somehow she had to prepare him for Edgar 's visit . |
12 | She saw the sudden gleam in his eyes , male and provocative , and realised too late how easy she had made it for him . |
13 | ‘ Presumably she wishes to thank you for assisting her yesterday , after her accident . ’ |
14 | His cool irony brought swift colour to her cheeks as she recalled how furiously she had condemned him for doing just that . |
15 | So I do n't think I 've ever I 've had it for about eight months now and I do n't think I 've yet listened to all five in a row without changing it . |
16 | Because no told me , because like I 've known her for all my life . |
17 | Still he want to feed me for ever . |
18 | So erm now I 've talked you for so long that I 've not got time to play this bit about the werewolves at Retford you see |
19 | There 's already a school for boys in Morton , and now I want to open one for girls , so I 've rented a building for it , with a small cottage for the schoolteacher . |
20 | So far we have taken it for granted that the distinction between ambiguity and generality is intuitively obvious . |
21 | Now he keeps blamin' me for keepin' her clean . |
22 | Well I 've seen 'em for a hundred now actually , a hundred quid . |
23 | Well I 've had one for Basingfield or Basingfield |
24 | What was this very special place that only a few hours ago I had cursed myself for entering ? |
25 | Well they 've had them for years . |
26 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
27 | Well it does tell you for Central but it , up there . |
28 | He says most of the lads that were out there were in their late teens , early 20 's and for them it was an adventure to go out to the tropics — then when you realise what it was about — well it 's marked us for life there 's no two ways about it . |
29 | And then I agreed to do something for Émile that I did not wish to do , which made me ashamed . |
30 | There 's the background there I 've met you for for ten minutes . |