Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly I recognized her attitude for what it was . |
| 2 | So it heightens my respect for them' |
| 3 | So it heightens my respect for them . ’ |
| 4 | Desperately she searched her memory for his exact words , but they had drifted away like the steam that had stolen her senses . |
| 5 | Sidonius depicts the scheme as madness ; nevertheless he maintained his friendship for Arvandus , and he may even have given up his office of prefect of the City of Rome in order not to be involved in sentencing his friend . |
| 6 | He moved towards her , and instinctively she lifted her face for his kiss . |
| 7 | But gradually I beat my craving for the drug . ’ |
| 8 | Probably he took her nothingness for the numbness of shock . |
| 9 | Normally she would have screamed at him for the minute splinters she knew he must be creating , but now she kept her anger for other matters . |
| 10 | She , well she cooks her chicken for only fifteen minutes , but I would cook my chicken |
| 11 | Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time . |
| 12 | Desmond Fairchild was the only one who addressed her directly , and even he removed his hat for the occasion , standing deferentially in front of her , head unaccustomedly bowed as she stood , pigeon-toed in ballet slippers , sipping her coffee at the foyer bar . |
| 13 | At least she has her family for support and company , and losing some of her friends and social outlets might be less damaging to her than to her single sister . |
| 14 | There she took her stand for Moral Re-Armament ; and ran into hot opposition . |
| 15 | After they had finished with her , the soldiers stood over her corpse and urinated into her mouth ; then they left her body for the dogs . |
| 16 | Then they did their bit for the tourism industry — by taking a break in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 17 | Then he changed my understanding for ever . |
| 18 | Yet he opened his challenge for The Masters with a 75 and closed it with an 81 . |
| 19 | In the interviews afterwards I lost my temper for , I think , the first and last time in the dispute . |