Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I hope for a rapprochement between our two countries , which know very little about each other , ’ he said . |
| 32 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 33 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 34 | I focus for a moment on one arch carved into the Redwall limestone . |
| 35 | But I yearn for a child or even children . |
| 36 | I yearn for a night beneath a sound roof , without insects crawling in my hair and vermin nibbling my toes . ’ |
| 37 | When I meet people , I wait for a pulse from their inner being , which tells me things like how much fear , how much hate , how much peace , how much forgiveness . |
| 38 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 39 | Everytime I receive Wimpey News I look for a mention of where I work . |
| 40 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
| 41 | I look for an adjustment some day . ’ |
| 42 | I watch for a reaction , knowing that this will hurt her . |
| 43 | My application was successful and , for three years , I read for an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies . |
| 44 | have I time for a scrub or what ? |
| 45 | Past more bushes now , I stand for a moment on the edge of a sacred area , which I share with the rabbits for which it is home . |
| 46 | When it is my turn to use the phone , I stand for a minute with two ten pence coins in my hand . |
| 47 | 11.01am : Pavement feels softer than usual , so I lie for a while before crawling to the ‘ Suck and Syphon ’ , Editor 's favourite pub . |
| 48 | As I seem to remember telling you yesterday , I design for a totally different market from G.W. Fashions . ’ |
| 49 | However I know for a fact that is has done much more than just promote real draught ale . |
| 50 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |
| 51 | I know for a fact David confided in Keith when we split up and told him everything . |
| 52 | I know for a fact that he did not , unless he walked a couple blocks afterwards . |
| 53 | Johnson , who has presided over eight matches since Cambridge dismissed controversial manager John Beck , said : ‘ I know for a fact the players and the fans are behind me . |
| 54 | ‘ Well , I know for a fact that Graham Greene is a very boring writer and that The Quiet American is his most boring book . ’ |
| 55 | His hat remained in the hall ; his photograph in the silver-plated frame , polished twice a week , presided over the sitting room ; his memory was invoked , especially during Peter 's teens , in sentences that began with the ominous words , ‘ I know for a fact that your father would n't have wanted you to … . ’ |
| 56 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
| 57 | ‘ I know for a fact that you were as close as anyone to what was going on between us , the Americans and Poland during the Cold War . |
| 58 | I doubt either can afford to stay at a hotel and I know for a fact that they 're not at any of the local hostels ; neither , I have been reliably informed , have they put in an appearance at the local ‘ hippie ’ compound . |
| 59 | And when I 've done a a spot on photograph for them , when somebody else is mentioning a photograph , you know , er to go up in the Town Hall or whatever , er they the local mayor has just had one done by one of the guys in the workshop , and I know for a fact I could do one that 's ten times better than that . |
| 60 | I know for a fact my my own brother , and I mentioned this before , the last interview . |