Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She come off the phone and she said , bloody hell she said that one of the rare times I go to the trouble of making myself butties for dinner , cos usually she gets a pasty or something , and I get invited out for dinner , you this Viv er , a friend of hers , you know the one that was having trouble with all that drainage underneath the |
| 2 | I sling a few carcasses to prowling cats , and I get told off for it . |
| 3 | So it 's unusual and I get told off for giving you a choice but what do you think ? |
| 4 | Pat : He was six months old and I 'd gone down for his second immunisation and I mean the doctor I went to see was a family doctor — I 've known him since I was a baby — and he just , he was looking at him and he just said , ‘ Is your husband Chinese ? ’ |
| 5 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 6 | And I got told off for it . |
| 7 | erm and I 've sent off for some loose fitting ones |
| 8 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 9 | Daisy was about to say ‘ by women ’ , but hastily changed it to ‘ by members of the congregation as I was leaving , and I had to get back for Ethel 's heart . ’ |
| 10 | I used them , about 14 a day , for a week and I managed to stay off for about a month . |
| 11 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
| 12 | I was born here and I try to stick up for Britain — but things are bad . ’ |
| 13 | I am not happy when something unfair happens to someone else and I try to stand up for what is right . |
| 14 | ‘ This is the life I 've been trained for and I want to carry on for as long as possible . |
| 15 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 16 | Brother Rory added : ‘ It 's a wonderful day for the family , but no problem for us because Tony and I have played together for Leicester , the North and the Barbarians . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You have to remember that Tim , Sue and I have worked together for a very long time now . |
| 18 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 19 | In reception they put you in a little cubicle like a wardrobe and you have to sit there for hours . |
| 20 | Had to take him home in a taxi and we had to book out for him . |
| 21 | Time dulls the memory , though , and we keep going back for more . |
| 22 | The trustees in acting prudently on investments need to take advice , and , and we have done so for many years , and our investment advisors are currently Schroder Investment Management Limited . |
| 23 | She gives us our lunch and we have to wash up for her then . |
| 24 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 25 | they had beautiful clothes and they 've gone on for years like that . |
| 26 | Seth had sent for Vicky four years earlier , when he first came to New Orleans , and they had lived together for six months . |
| 27 | Angela Jones , 26 , of the same address , said she had known Michael for eight years and they had lived together for seven . |
| 28 | And they had to watch there for six weeks . |
| 29 | This was acquired in the early ‘ twenties by the Noyce family and they continued trading there for the next sixty years . |
| 30 | And they get let off for that ! |