Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 2 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 3 | But wherever she works , a woman-centred psychologist 's sex does not guarantee her feminism , any more than it does for an egalitarian feminist psychologist . |
| 4 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 5 | Unwisely Spain intrigued for an anti-British coalition as she intrigued for an anti-American coalition in 1898 ; as Wellington observed , Spain acted ‘ as if Europe were at her feet ’ . |
| 6 | His collected resolve in front of his officers is assuring his troops ' confidence in his controlled capacity to lead them as they prepare for an impending battle . |
| 7 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |
| 8 | Gallons of intoxicating percussion guided rhythms fuel ‘ Pot Of Gold ’ like a train rampaging along an empty track as it goes for an energetic jog in the shadows , pacing along a tireless circuit . |
| 9 | In Wilson 's first defeat by a British competitor over this distance for 2½ years the two swam neck and neck for just over half the race before Akers suddenly pulled ahead as he searched for an Olympic qualifying time . |
| 10 | Team captain Linford Christie will lead from the front as he goes for an unprecedented fourth successive 100m crown , while Colin Jackson ( 110m hurdles ) and Eamonn Martin ( 10,000m ) are also selected as defending champions . |