Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 2 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 3 | TV COMIC Tony Slattery has sketched himself for a charity auction — starkers . |
| 4 | ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’ |
| 5 | When Deckard asks his wife why she has programmed herself for a ‘ six hour self-accusatory depression ’ , she says |
| 6 | Progress was painfully slow ; I had owned her for a year before she wagged her tail at me . |
| 7 | After visiting Queen 's the man took her for a walk near Twickenham Bridge where he attacked her . |
| 8 | Escobar announced last month that he was declaring war on the state and the government has since blamed him for a series of bomb blasts in Bogota and other cities which have killed more than 40 people . |
| 9 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 10 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 11 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ Penny for them , ’ said Adam , when they were halfway through the meal and she had said nothing for a while . |
| 13 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 14 | That he 's owed me for a year ! |
| 15 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 16 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 17 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 19 | I have n't seen them for a while |
| 20 | Oh gosh , I have n't seen them for a |
| 21 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while , Mac , ’ she said , tight-lipped as she dropped the cheese rolls into a brown paper bag . |
| 23 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
| 24 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 25 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 26 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 27 | They missed out on Shearer , who joined Kenny Dalglish at Ewood Park after Ferguson had tracked him for a year . |
| 28 | His background hardly prepared him for a life of elegant luxury as a film star or obedience to the star system . |
| 29 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 30 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |