Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tales from Lavender Shoes ( TS405 — two cassettes ; 1 hour 50 minutes ) read by Jill Shilling is from the pen of Alison Uttley , a favourite writer for several generations of children , who enjoy her stories from the age of five or even younger and go on enjoying her for years . |
| 2 | Keep your wits about you tomorrow or you 'll forget something important and end up kicking yourself for being so stupid . |
| 3 | ‘ Paine is right … the French are right … long live the French ! … use their heads instead of pigs ’ bladders … put her in the Marshalsea and do n't feed her for a week … see her prettiness then … ’ |
| 4 | I 'm not particularly fond of the control layout , either ; all the pots in a row look a bit ‘ lumpy ’ and do n't do anything for the line of the body . |
| 5 | I really think that as women we have to draw out all the holy cows and do n't take anything for granted and begin to question everything . |
| 6 | We respect your status as a prisoner of war and do n't ask you for military information … |
| 7 | And do n't save it for the birds . |
| 8 | A lot of couples involved with our singles ministry have taken the challenge of ‘ hands-off ’ courting and have since thanked us for it , even though at the time they wondered if they could not get by with something a bit less conservative . |
| 9 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
| 10 | But do n't admire me for just being able to speak and stand still . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ Mrs Porter nodded , ‘ but do n't thank me for it — it was Mrs Hamilton 's idea . |
| 12 | And if you work on that presumption , and I 'm not suggesting you creep around frightened of your own shadow going at a slow speed , just wor working with deliberation and making sure you move through the situation competently , but do n't take anything for granted . |
| 13 | Loosen the cake from the edges , but do n't remove it for 15 minutes . |