Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 2 | Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . |
| 3 | Wycliffe put them all back where he had found them for Scales to look at . |
| 4 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 5 | ‘ Nicola was happier than I had seen her for months , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 7 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 8 | " But you said you wanted this letter to go off this morning , so I 've brought it for you to sign . " |
| 9 | I then could nt bear to listen to the radio for the rest of the half , so I decided to occupy myself for 40 mins . |
| 10 | Once home — and although she had eaten nothing for several hours — Annette found that she could not face the thought of a meal , even though her husband offered to prepare one for her . |
| 11 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 12 | Mingling with that of David was Anthony 's , sounding far happier and more relaxed than she had heard it for weeks . |
| 13 | ‘ So you do blame me for her blindness , ’ he said menacingly . |
| 14 | The passcode system 's a welcome addition and the joystick on the control panel which mimics your movement 's also a nice touch , but once you 've played it for five minutes you 'll have seen everything the game 's got to offer ! |
| 15 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 16 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 17 | The Quix supermarket had refused the box because they 'd ha although they 'd had it for a cert for quite a long time during the miner 's strike I think . |
| 18 | I would be very surprised if a property on at nine fifty would be dropped much below nine hundred because , obviously they have a , they have a certain that they need to get and I I 'd be surprised if they 'd go sort of much below fifty pounds less a month than they 've advertised it for . |
| 19 | But there was no denying that today his wife was better than he had known her for many many months . |
| 20 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 21 | I 'd have ended up a patient if I 'd done it for much longer . |
| 22 | Perhaps if I 'd entered him for the Champion Hurdle , he might have sold . |
| 23 | He then provided : ‘ I wish whatever legacies I have left to be paid by you , my dear son , and if any debt shall emerge , if I had borrowed anything for a time and shall owe it , I wish it to be paid by you , so that what I have left your sister may pass to her undiminished . ’ |
| 24 | If I have to lift them for a match of that importance then I might as well walk out of the job . ’ |
| 25 | Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end . |
| 26 | I am really sad that nobody wants to do it like I have done it for them . |
| 27 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 28 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 29 | He wondered if she had abandoned him for ever . |
| 30 | He was a very easy person to talk to , and long before they reached home she felt as if she had known him for years . |