Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them wait for once . |
| 2 | But then I asked for just one spell of six months as a locum in some exotic place . |
| 3 | And I read for about an hour . |
| 4 | Do you know , I mean for so long now we 've done it very much on personal effort . |
| 5 | " In the year 1929 I used two rock-crystal vases in which were branches of white orchids , but those days are gone I fear for ever , and a few white carnations have to suffice now . |
| 6 | Well anything I send for now wh you , within twenty |
| 7 | May I appeal for more sixth-form entries for the 14th International Physics Olympiad ? |
| 8 | Indeed as you watch drama on television you often think " That 's just what I want for tomorrow 's lesson . " |
| 9 | Do n't know , and I want for as well for options cos I want to get everything done , I already forewarned them last time |
| 10 | I had my daughter treated under an assumed name until she was five , to try and prevent the press from finding out things about her , and they have the secret name that I used for here in here . |
| 11 | ‘ I still use Marshalls and I 've got a 100-watt head , although it 's nowhere near as good as an early '60s 50-watt Marshall which I used for about nine years before it got stolen . |
| 12 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 13 | We bypassed Shaibah of the famous and immortal song Shaibah Blues — which will be belted out by our sons and their sons I hope for evermore — and on to Bahrain where we landed and had a bit of a briefing by the CO of No 84 Squadron based at Shaihali , and so on down the Gulf to look for the City of Glasgow . |
| 14 | ‘ All I hope for then is that we are in a position to be challenging . ’ |
| 15 | I watch for precisely that reason . |
| 16 | He , he then thought right , whe who can I look for now type of thing ? |
| 17 | What do you mean , you sit there and that 's all I get for about two hours is a load of bloody shit that you go work , you do this to spend it all on bills ! |
| 18 | I signed for yet another year 's work , Social Psychology . |
| 19 | ‘ If I die , or if I disappear for more than three months , ’ the will began , ‘ I wish to leave everything I own to my dear friend Edward Hyde . ’ |
| 20 | And by the time I finished that job , I worked for about two month and I were four hundred pound in rent arrears . |
| 21 | Aunt Bedelia had the bedroom underneath and I did n't want her knocking on the ceiling with a broom handle so I decided for once to put up with his snoring and deep breathing exercises . |
| 22 | Balancing the master volume against the power amp 's levels will have some effect on the sound so , again , I settled for about half-way , with the CF-200 feeding a pair of Celestion-loaded Proamplifier 2x12 cabinets . |
| 23 | Now I ask for about £1,500 . |
| 24 | On the other hand , of course I ask for as much as I can get . ‘ |
| 25 | As we moved along I could n't help feeling apprehensive as I looked for newly disturbed ground that could contain a box mine , or glancing at the trees and hedges for signs of booby-traps . |
| 26 | But I looked for only a moment . |
| 27 | ‘ Normally , I go for very sporty clothes , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ Everyone said it was ridiculously high when Gazza and I went for over £2 million . |
| 29 | This equipment I kept for about three years , although I never forgot the quality of the original sounds I 'd heard , so I decided to invest in what I thought was some serious equipment . |
| 30 | The TRI-R Hanger I caters for just about every hanging requirement in the house and garden . |