Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
2 | During much of the book you do not feel anything for the androids , but as you see their struggle for survival and begin to sense that they have gained the feelings that humans are losing , you realise the irony of the book . |
3 | Apart from anything else , I ca n't help feeling that if women let men get away with too much bad behaviour , men do not forgive them for the burden of guilt they then have to bear . |
4 | ‘ That 's right , do n't leave it for the rats , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke called . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
7 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
8 | I just deliver the stuff , I do n't interview it for the Sunday papers . ’ |
9 | ‘ I 'm sorry , modom , do n't blame me for the shortages . |
10 | ‘ Do n't blame me for the way you interpret anything I say , ’ he said blandly . |
11 | So people do n't blame him for the consequences of Versailles ? |
12 | Too easily it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy : ‘ We ca n't expect the majority of students to do very well — so do n't blame us for the failures . ’ |
13 | Do n't punish them for the way in which they behave today and let them get away with the same thing tomorrow just because your own mood is different , or the matter is n't worth ‘ all that bother ’ anyway . |
14 | No , you do n't get , you do n't get anything for the membership ! |
15 | ‘ I do n't need them for the moment , ’ said Apricot , ‘ because Bernard and I do n't do it . |
16 | You do n't need me for the moment , but I 'll be back this afternoon . |
17 | We do n't need it for the expansion of our race ; indeed , it 's inimical to orderly civilization . |
18 | As you know erm we , we take the money here we do n't charge you for the talk but we give ten percent back to your W I so it 's a self funding situation . |
19 | All police forces in the region are saying do n't have one for the road — have none for the road . |
20 | ‘ Do n't say anything for the moment Mo . |
21 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
22 | And do n't save it for the birds . |
23 | If you 've just joined us for the eight o'clock news , as many people do , welcome . |
24 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
25 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
26 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
27 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
28 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
29 | I do n't want him to say well she did n't come round , she did n't ask me for the money , I mean I have n't ask him for the money and , he 'd like to on a Friday , when one come up , when the next one comes you can you ? |
30 | I mean I have n't thanked her for the money she sent . |