Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's for a mobility assistant where I go in and befriend somebody and they employ me to take them somewhere for two hours . |
| 2 | I have been able to get on with ‘ getting better ’ simply because my colleagues have taken responsibility for my work load ever since the Executive Committee Meeting in July , and I can not thank them enough for all that they have done . |
| 3 | To force cyclists to lock and unlock their bikes , detach and reattach shopping bags , lift off children and carry them perhaps for some distance , are all seen as ways of penalising cyclists and by implication encouraging the convenience of car use . |
| 4 | A variety of holidays in locations at home and abroad including guided tours have been arranged for them annually for many years . |
| 5 | As this liaison officer recognised , the basic level of skills training equipped them only for unskilled work and they had to learn to cope with compromise : |
| 6 | We tested chickens by restraining them gently for 15 seconds and then timing their recovery from their trance . |
| 7 | He wants very much to take me inside for further ‘ questioning ’ . |
| 8 | Bill Dodd , club captain in the 1930s , was one of those players who always gave his all for ninety minutes . |
| 9 | ‘ Our opinions were , I think , maintained on both sides without full conviction ; Monboddo declared boldly for the savage , and I perhaps for that reason sided with the Citizen . ’ |
| 10 | Can I just for one minute , I only give example |
| 11 | ‘ I never for one moment suspected that you were , ’ he murmured , his eyes suddenly running over her figure . |
| 12 | I never for one moment imagined that , no matter what you thought . ’ |
| 13 | goes , I had to pick all six up for that price , put them away for next year 's presents . |
| 14 | But now I really can not justify repacking them and squirrelling them away for another 40 years . |
| 15 | Suppose I tell them that you want to escort me tonight for personal reasons ? ’ |
| 16 | The countries of the Third World in particular need them desperately for medical purposes , as the synthesized drugs are so expensive . |
| 17 | ‘ Will you lend him to me just for one night ? ’ |
| 18 | And I was sponsored to be bored to death by a friend , who talked to me non-stop for three hours . ’ |
| 19 | The voter is required to state his preferences , and to state them once for all , before any votes are counted . |
| 20 | ‘ But I wanted to come and thank you properly for all that you have done . ’ |
| 21 | The judge may ask open , vague questions , affording the interviewee plenty of rope to hang himself or herself ; for instance , ‘ Tell me all about yourself ’ , which means , of course , ‘ Tell me specific information about yourself that makes you right for this job . ’ |
| 22 | Her Sacred Majesty , being by nature full of mercy and clemency , who is most inclinable to such pitiful complaints and will not endure to hear such tragedies made of her people and poor subjects , as some about her may insinuate , then she perhaps for very compassion of such calamities will not only stop the stream of such violence and return to her wonted mildness , but also con them little thanks which have been the authors and counsellors of such bloody platforms . |
| 23 | Turning to face Ellie , she smiled , said , ‘ I ca n't thank you enough for all you 've done … ’ and only then seemed to realise that Ellie herself was n't all dressed up . |
| 24 | He said , rather huskily , ‘ I ca n't thank you enough for this evening . |
| 25 | This is because you will have developed , without necessarily ever having thought about it , some learning style preferences that equip you better for certain stages in the cycle than for others . |
| 26 | It 's five past seven , I want you home for twenty to eight . |
| 27 | SARNA gives you more for less |
| 28 | Are you here for good ? |
| 29 | I can keep you here for another ten minutes and |
| 30 | And she would say , ‘ How long are you here for this time ? ’ praying it would be weeks instead of days … . |