Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 2 | But yesterday Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ It was n't Darlington Council who imposed the poll tax on the town or who kept it for a year longer than necessary . |
| 3 | How about your Christmas card this year ? why not knit one and them photograph it for a really professional look ? |
| 4 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
| 5 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 6 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |
| 7 | Erm first of all if I may just er point out that the example I put with my paper that I have submitted today , and I thank you for the er indulgence in allowing me to produce it so late , was simply that there was one particular appeal of decision where an inspector remarked particularly on the lack of a local or a development plan policy relating to generally relating to the countryside . |
| 8 | I 'm not offended , and I thank you for the jade . |
| 9 | and I like it for the the sports , like the |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 11 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 12 | Then she held out her hand to me , and I took it for a second . |
| 13 | Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive |
| 14 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 15 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 16 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 17 | It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power . |
| 18 | All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . " |
| 19 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 20 | ‘ And I owe you for the taxi . ’ |
| 21 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 22 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
| 23 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |
| 24 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 25 | Yes , every now and then the temptation to do something sort of very cool and very sort of ten point Univers and you do it for a bit , and you 've done it and then you use some proper faces instead . |
| 26 | Yeah , like somebody else , like , you 're walking down the street , like , you 're in a house and , and you check it for a minute and you 're like |
| 27 | Short of battering him on the head with a blunt instrument — the thought held immense appeal , and she savoured it for a long moment , before reluctantly putting it on hold — she could n't come up with any way out of the present situation . |
| 28 | And she knew it for a fact when he murmured smoothly , ‘ I think I might find it agreeable . ’ |
| 29 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 30 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |