Example sentences of "[vb base] [subord] [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Courts may be important less for what they do than for what they are : their existence makes social workers pause before they apply for an order . |
| 2 | Sir right , you know if you go for a blood transfusion and you 're a smoker , how do you know that when you have the transfusion you wo n't get the ten percent of the blood that 's not working properly ? |
| 3 | Er and y you know if you sent for a doctor you were almost apologetic that the mother was torn . |
| 4 | Well ca n't you just talk cos it 's not long , just a couple of minutes just talk before you revise for a little while ? |
| 5 | Minor conflicts occur with the couple trying to pacify her , this continues up to a black moment when the house relents and saves them and then I say and this is important I think when you write for a radio , I have marked one paragraph with red brackets . |