Example sentences of "for [adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " These are mine , " he said , " for naturally I ca n't give you pears from my brothers ' share . " |
| 2 | It was tinged with panic too for finally he could only babble again and again how sorry he was . |
| 3 | Cos you 've got to allow for like they might not have done it before . |
| 4 | For once she would probably have been better off staying at home as far as the weather was concerned . |
| 5 | For now we can only hope that both he and the government appreciate the industry 's need for a firm and steady hand at the tiller . |
| 6 | She 's worried any of them could be killed … and for now she can only wait for the missing cat to return |
| 7 | In an ideal world , there would be no need for either , but for now I would rather see the frustration expressed in these light-hearted terms than in the sort of man-hating bitterness that has given feminism such a bad name . |
| 8 | That such care may well characterize those activities which Scruton declares can not possess it is suggested by Andrew Lumsden 's appropriately passing remark on the casual , anonymous sexual encounter : ‘ for now I can only generalize : as I 've known it , men are never so peaceful , so unviolent ( physically and emotionally ) , so graceful with each other ( no matter how ‘ crude' ’ the act ) as they are — as we are — when content to take each other without the addition of names , or beds , or flats , or even of any clear impression of one-another 's looks ' ( Gay News , 235 ( Mar. 1982 ) , 17 ) . |
| 9 | And when you sat , trembling forgetfully , on one of the benches in the frosted gardens , with the grass like white hair standing on end , you felt you could hear the ghosts of the children 's cries and shouts — for here they must surely have played in their packs . |
| 10 | For indeed I can not think my fault so great in this matter that was a point of conscience with me as to stand in need of your forgiveness . |
| 11 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
| 12 | A relatively rapid dance-like tempo is essential here , for otherwise we will not sense the offbeat hemiolas ( outlined by forte accents ) in bars 3–6 and following . |