Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However little I care for the way you live , I shall concede that as long as you get your facts right , sense flavours and textures with accuracy and discrimination , think out the implications of your choices , are not deceived about your desires and ambitions , you may do as you please . |
| 2 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 3 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 4 | Delicately I reached for the telephone . |
| 5 | A S THIS campaign rumbles on I long for John Major to stand up either on his soapbox ( which is really a box for transporting Central Office typewriters but no matter ) or on one of the Conservative Party 's all-singing , all-dancing stage sets , and say : ‘ I have brought you a dramatic drop in the rate of inflation . |
| 6 | The the festival I th went on I think for for three summers . |
| 7 | At six o'clock everyone assembled for dinner and Mr Priddy signalled that the first course could be taken in , a heavy tureen of mock turtle soup which was to be served from a side table . |
| 8 | ‘ Much I care for Adam ! |
| 9 | Anyway it 's fiction erm basically I mean for me there 's two issues , one do you pamper to the worst possible taste erm and two erm is the Sun the face of newspapers to come er |
| 10 | Only I wish for peace . ’ |
| 11 | Well , perhaps I asked for it in a way , ’ Felicity admitted reluctantly . |
| 12 | Obviously I felt for him , I would n't have been too delighted if our positions had been reversed ; and they could so easily have been . |
| 13 | I said shit , he must of come to pick me up so I obviously I apologise for |
| 14 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 15 | So I went for it . |
| 16 | So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire . |
| 17 | So I sued for breach of contract . |
| 18 | So I applied for my discharge and it was granted . |
| 19 | Aye , cos about six month ago there was a job come up in our office for like a trainee assistant manager type , well an assistant to an assistant manager kind of thing so I applied for it and another woman in the office applied for it cos she 's been here for like sixteen years or whatever . |
| 20 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 21 | Well they do n't usually issue , I mean I usually make so I ask for one in plenty of time . |
| 22 | So I arranged for one of the estate stalkers to take the remains up the river , when the Colonel and his lady were out for the day . ’ |
| 23 | Eventually , though , I could no longer manage him at home — he was so weak ; so I arranged for him to go into the residential home , where Miss Prescott and Mrs Whitaker did everything they possibly could to make him happy and comfortable — and succeeded . |
| 24 | So I fell for it and I volunteered for the Guards , but after a week , they decided I , I 'd got flat feet which was n't very good for slamming your foot down as the guards demanded in those days . |
| 25 | That sounded great to me so I opted for the hike . |
| 26 | Anyway , er so I thought for a , I 've had a large of the press today which is , it 's a very tense case indeed . |
| 27 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 28 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 29 | So I apologize for that . |
| 30 | And so I waited for the darkness of the Tongan night to lift , my fingers tightly crossed . |