Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb base] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think there is more honour among your sex , ma'am , than you give yourselves credit for . ’ |
| 2 | Once they go it seems for a moment that neither it nor we have any real existence . |
| 3 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |
| 4 | Of course , if you want me to pay for the call I will . ’ |
| 5 | If you want someone to blame for what happened then try looking in the mirror , Mr Calder — then you 'll see the culprit ! |
| 6 | If you contact them ask for the Lineco Catalogue No L533–1000 . |
| 7 | But if you find yourself looking for authenticity , it means you 're at least 32 . |
| 8 | If you find yourself yearning for a relationship with someone where the feelings are not mutual , or the other person 's love has died , ask yourself what aspect of you that person represents . |
| 9 | ( If you find yourself meditating for hours every day , perhaps you should ask whether you are avoiding other aspects of your life . ) |
| 10 | Some twenty years later the District Judge at Kagalla found similar attitudes : ‘ It is a common occurrence for persons to see an animal being driven away under very suspicious circumstances , and yet , although perhaps living within a stone 's throw of the owner , they take no trouble to go and tell him what they have seen , and probably say nothing about it until they meet him looking for his stolen animal , three or four days afterward ; of course then the recovery is hopeless ! ’ |
| 11 | can you think of anybody like that perhaps who might be interested I mean because you know we cover for weddings and er |
| 12 | Oh that 's probably because they want you to look for yourself . |
| 13 | And where have they headed , since they let you make for here alone ? ’ |
| 14 | He declines and asks whether I want him to wait for me . |
| 15 | So long as he 's our man , it does n't matter whether we have him shot for the murder of Daniel or this other fellow . |
| 16 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 17 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 18 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 19 | Now he 's become sixty five so as you remember he qualifies for the larger age allowances , he qualifies for the larger married couples allowance , so his total allowances are of course considerably increased by the fifteen hundred pounds . |
| 20 | But I said , alright , well we 'll consider it , so long as you let us quote for the rest of the business . |
| 21 | David , an obvious model for early medieval princes , could have had a special appeal for Charles ( as we know he did for Alfred ) . |