Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 2 | You 've all heard that and I 've heard it for about thirty years now . |
| 3 | And I 've seen them for years and years , twenty odd more than that years , beautiful , |
| 4 | ‘ This is a young side and I 've known them for four years and watched them mature and get stronger . |
| 5 | I 've got a lot of my favourite garments from them , and I 've had them for years , ’ she says . |
| 6 | No I 'm actually quite surprised at myself I 've got two Clippers and both of them I found and I 've had them for ages . |
| 7 | Er I used to collect the Cat Stevens ' L Ps and I 've got one for sale . |
| 8 | Deputy 's free and I 've booked him for the launch |
| 9 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 10 | I think that 's why I like children — because there was always somebody smaller than me and I had to do everything for them really when I was younger — feed them , change their nappies … |
| 11 | done it , she said I was reading it here and I meant to ask you for the , she said , anyway when he come back I said have you found them out , alright , he said I 've had a go he said |
| 12 | Your brother 's death left you heiress to Tracy Castle , and I intend taking it for the King . ’ |
| 13 | Oscar took his jacket off and I offered to carry it for him . |
| 14 | The cards and calls from well-wishers have been a real pick-me-up and I want to thank everyone for their concern and support . ’ |
| 15 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 16 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
| 17 | There are four key ideas in that sentence , and I want to underline them for a few more minutes . |
| 18 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
| 19 | J.B. Yes , and I do wear it for occasions like that . |
| 20 | " No it has n't and I do thank you for your help . |
| 21 | Erm , I mean , he wrote a lot , I saw him church on Sunday and I did thank him for the letter |
| 22 | The most important of these points are three in number , and I have expressed them for the sake of clarity in less technical and exact terminology than Halliday uses . |
| 23 | And they have happened as I have wanted , and I have taken it for granted that they have because I know where I 'm going . |
| 24 | Jon is a ‘ New Age Traveller ’ and I have known him for two years . |
| 25 | It was a big step to do it and I wanted to do it for Freddie . |
| 26 | ‘ You know what I want to do — and I wanted to do it for Jimi 's birthday in his anniversary year , but it did n't happen — I want to get everybody that ever recorded with him , anybody who played live with him , get them all at a big reunion and go out and play Hendrix all night long — every song that I know , every song that we could possibly do . |
| 27 | ‘ And you 've got something for me ? ’ |
| 28 | Whether to you know sort of try and pick up the guys who are getting thrown out of Heathrow and make a long-term go of it or whether in the long term , em , they want to flog it off for gravel and you know mining it for gravel and sending it for houses and you know , that sort of thing . |
| 29 | You know , when you get paid twenty pounds a night for driving the minibus , and you get paid nothing for running the P A , and it takes equally long if not , if not |
| 30 | My my er my the convincing I have to do in myself and and you have to do it for me is whether this is is the right platform for you . |