Example sentences of "we [verb] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 2 | It is the kind of rapid , critical examination to which we expose another person when we encounter them for the first time . |
| 3 | My recommendation is that we scrap them for the ten year decade of evangelism as a trial period and then think again in AD 2000 ! |
| 4 | No matter how worthwhile a project seems we attack it for the hidden and sinister purposes behind it . |
| 5 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 6 | Well , can I propose we try it for the next three meetings , and |
| 7 | ‘ We have him for the last five games of the League run-in . |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |