Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [indef pn] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I think we 've only had one for ages and ages . |
| 2 | I suppose she 's just done one for you , no wonder you ca n't look me in the face . ’ |
| 3 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 4 | Erm I know he 's not seen anyone for thirteen years but did , did it just come through the post , sign here , send it back |
| 5 | He quotes Thomas Jefferson : ‘ This country needs a rebellion every 20 years ' , and the USA has not had one for 200 . ’ |
| 6 | I 've not had one for ages . |
| 7 | Mhm and then she 'll feel she 's not had anything for Christmas . |
| 8 | I 'm a cocaine addict and I need something , 'cause I 've not had none for so many hours now . |
| 9 | But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 10 | If you have not used something for literally years the chances are that it wo n't come in useful for a rainy day ( the hoarder 's excuse ) and that you probably wo n't ever use it . |
| 11 | But what the rest of the candidates did not know was that Pilger had already earmarked someone for the job — the man who had gatecrashed the capitalization-day party — Keith Sutton of the Wapping Post . |
| 12 | His father was a German-Jewish refugee and his mother Welsh , but Wartberg was an aggressive anglophile , given to wearing tweed suits and blathering on about flower growing , law and order , the decline of British standards ( he had just obtained one for his best-selling valve ) , the prohibitive business rate and so on . |
| 13 | You see the trouble is with Margaret her husband had always done everything for her , she went out to work and he brought the , he more or less did his work , did overtime , everything and still managed to look after the boys |
| 14 | They were both free then , and must have still felt something for each other . |
| 15 | I 've got a few awards over the years , and I ca n't quite remember what some of them were given for , but I 've only ever got one for writing and that 's the one I would n't want to give away . |
| 16 | The blood which flowed in his veins meant that , as well as expressing his emotions with the dramatic use of his hands , Vitor d'Arcos was a proud man — and she doubted he had ever begged anyone for anything in his entire life . |
| 17 | The skirt pattern I 've designed for you is for Japanese machines , but I 've also made one for Passap/Pfaff . |
| 18 | His two daughters who he 'd never really done anything for — expecting them to look after him . |
| 19 | He 'd left the local school as early as his birthday would allow and had n't really done anything for the following year except watch his father die . |
| 20 | No I 'd just be , I mean I must admit I 've , I 've not really seen one for years and years and years . |
| 21 | Have n't heard anything for quite some time now . |
| 22 | We have n't heard anything for |
| 23 | I could n't understand why they bothered to take him on , because he had n't won anything for years . |
| 24 | He had n't felt anything for three days now . |
| 25 | As I saw it , they were either downmarket Wimpy bars or precious bistros where all you could hear were the sounds of the cutlery hitting the plate , and people would cough before speaking because they had n't said anything for such a long time , what with all the hush . |
| 26 | Has n't seen one for years . |
| 27 | We had n't seen one for years . |
| 28 | to do an E C G on this man , well I had n't done one for quite a while and I 'd forgot really , not forgot what to do but I 'm not very familiar with the E C G machines because it 's a new electronic machine and its |
| 29 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You know I have n't written anything for months , darling . |