Example sentences of "i [vb base] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 2 | I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark . |
| 3 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 4 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 5 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 6 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 7 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 8 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 9 | I wait for the inevitable question . |
| 10 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 11 | When I come out into the light at the end , I look for the white van . |
| 12 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 13 | I opt for the outside seat which in some models is adapted into a mini-swimming-pool . |
| 14 | I guess for a true human you 've reached a decent age . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is important for the children to be medically fit to go , so I ask for a full report from their doctors , ’ says Dr Holmes-Smith . |
| 16 | Subject : I go for a good win |
| 17 | I think for the male student who is subject to sexual harassment , or who gets the sort of inappropriate approaches that Marianne is talking about , that is unusual , it 's out of step with the way in which he perceives himself , and his sense of what he is and who he is in the world . |
| 18 | And I think for the dyslexic child , for the disturbed child generally , we need to offer an atmosphere which is calm . |
| 19 | After a birching twelve shillings and sixpence for " school medicine " was reputedly put on the school bill — I presume for a new birch , but I never verified this . |
| 20 | So , I appologise for the excessive size of this one ; - } } ( I 've never had to say that before ) but I have decided not to compress them . |
| 21 | The type I recommend for the average player is one that has 12 to 13 degrees of loft , deepish in the face , and toed-in slightly . |
| 22 | I write for an American magazine . |
| 23 | I reach for the super glue on the shelf , the extra strong kind that sticks wood and so on . |
| 24 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 26 | I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation . |
| 27 | I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht . |
| 28 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 29 | So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway . |
| 30 | Now I work for a local authority so I 've got a big interest in this , but I 've also been involved as John will remember in a strike . |