Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tales from Lavender Shoes ( TS405 — two cassettes ; 1 hour 50 minutes ) read by Jill Shilling is from the pen of Alison Uttley , a favourite writer for several generations of children , who enjoy her stories from the age of five or even younger and go on enjoying her for years . |
| 2 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 3 | ‘ What happened , Fabia ? ’ he relentlessly pursued her for an answer . |
| 4 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 5 | He would n't chase her after reading the letter she had left for him , politely thanking him for his hospitality and saying she was returning to Palma to complete her work before returning to England . |
| 6 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 7 | Escobar announced last month that he was declaring war on the state and the government has since blamed him for a series of bomb blasts in Bogota and other cities which have killed more than 40 people . |
| 8 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 9 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 10 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 11 | As a young director working with all-male crews , Karen has had to confront a high level of overt sexism , something the grant-aided sector does n't necessarily prepare you for . |
| 12 | I think that they only intend them for linings . |
| 13 | When the registration forms came through , she apparently mistook them for election bumf and threw them away . |
| 14 | One of them rounded on him , grabbed him by the arm , but only asked him for his name and address . ’ |
| 15 | She only fought him for a moment or two . |
| 16 | I was reading a scum book at the weekend and in it Fergie was saying how Martin Edwards had cut Leeds down to 1 million for Eric the Fled by saying they only got him for 800k . |
| 17 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 18 | I only tax mine for six month now then , ay ? |
| 19 | Not strongly enough to kill me for that , but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also . |
| 20 | Finally , I read yesterday that some managers , most noticably the two Scots that were in Wembley at the weekend , are talking about banning transfers after the season start and only allowing them for a limited period over Christmas . |
| 21 | She 's taking advantage of him , she only wants him for his money . |
| 22 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 23 | Tomorrow , of course , Kathleen Long joins us for the Phone the Doc slot . |
| 24 | ‘ You 'll only need them for your school work , ’ her mother reassured her , also trying to talk herself out of her own dismay . |
| 25 | ‘ She 'll do , I only want her for breeding , ’ the nasty woman said . |
| 26 | We only want them for tonight really do n't we . |
| 27 | A good little program , even if you only want it for its entertainment value . |
| 28 | They only want it for games do they ? |
| 29 | The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children . |
| 30 | This affordable scheme not only covers you for loss of income , but is useful for the unforeseen expenses as well . |