Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Old Peter was off to a STBO Club trip to Warwick Castle and besides , we 'd pay him for the two barrowloads we liberated . |
| 32 | What I saw that morning could spoil me for a sexual relationship forever . |
| 33 | Let's hear it for the Great British Biopic , based on the sort of real-life story which might have leapt straight from the pages of the tabloids , and which in some cases actually did : Ruth Ellis , who shot her feckless lover and paid the ultimate price , in Dance with a Stranger ; Sid Vicious , the smack-addled punk who stabbed his girlfriend in Sid and Nancy ; Joe Orton , the homosexual playwright whose lover battered him to death with a hammer in Prick Up Your Ears ; Josslyn Hay , twenty-second Earl of Errol , who was shot to death in Kenya , in White Mischief ; Christine Keeler , John Profumo and Stephen Ward in Scandal . |
| 34 | So let's hear it for the greatest tennis player in the world ! |
| 35 | The org the organist used to carry it for a long way . |
| 36 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
| 37 | If ever he used to take us for a spare lesson , all he used to do was draw on the blackboard the scrum lineouts and things . |
| 38 | The water for drinking they used to collect from the gutters and erm it used to go into big barrels and then they used to boil it for a long while . |
| 39 | These emotions may disturb you for a little while , but they are simply a natural response to the trauma of death and they will usually pass with time . |
| 40 | Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare . |
| 41 | We shall need it for the forty foots . |
| 42 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 43 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 44 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 45 | I wonder what price the bookies would give us for a Central South treble ; that 's Oxford to win the Boat Race , Gloucester to reach the Cup Final and Swindon to beat West Brom . |
| 46 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 47 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 48 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 49 | There they would meet some others , who would join them for the next stage . |
| 50 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 51 | Simon Foreman would sell anything for a great price and not ask any questions . |
| 52 | And you shall not strip your vineyard bare , neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard ; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner : I am the Lord your God ’ ( Lev . |
| 53 | I support the intention of the Bill and its important deterrent aspects , and I shall support it for the same reason as the hon. Member for Oxford , East , but I must confess that I do so with some reluctance at this stage . |
| 54 | Mr Kinnock staggers under the additional handicap of having no ministerial experience which would equip him for the supreme office to which he aspires . |
| 55 | As beautiful and as wholesome as you may be on the outside , I shall reveal you for the black-hearted trickster that you are . |
| 56 | It would last her for a few days . |
| 57 | I shall ask him for the latest joke at the gates of heaven , . ’ |
| 58 | In exploring such environments pupils will experience the type of argument and logical analysis that will prepare them for the real-life problems they will tackle outside . |
| 59 | In complete contrast , nothing will prepare you for the jaw-dropping experience of taking the desert road out of the city for the first time . |
| 60 | After all , good results will qualify you for a better job , and give you the added satisfaction of proving to your boss that you are good at what you do . |