Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It falls to the floor , an ugly little lump of metal , and the boys sit transfixed for minutes before they eat again . |
| 2 | They go out together , babysit for one another , and sometimes get mistaken for friends or sisters taking their children out . |
| 3 | If I do n't deliver the goods , I do n't get any money , In business you get paid for results , not for the hours you put in . ’ |
| 4 | Sanderson Townsend & Gilbert and Healey & Baker acted for the vendor , while Lowther Scott Harden acted for Southlands . |
| 5 | Amsterdam , Netherlands-based Baan International BV has introduced Triton EIS , an executive information system for selecting and presenting management information , and a multimedia toolkit designed for systems integration : both products are scheduled for release in May and will be available through UK distributor Agility Business Software Ltd , based in Bristol , Avon . |
| 6 | Add options and you are left with a total of £13,190 , which is the most ludicrously optimistic price I 've heard for ages . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've come for flowers for my mother . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've come for refreshments , Sir . ’ |
| 9 | Third ( to Piers ) , I think you 're the smuggest young layabout I 've met for years and you ( me ) are these your friends ? |
| 10 | It 's been based on jobs we 've done for clients in the past , based on pla past experience . |
| 11 | If you are like me , and feel hopelessly inadequate having toiled to the top of your favourite peak in what seemed to be ‘ the worst weather I 've seen for years , ’ only to come across a party equipped with jeans , trainers , and Tescos bags , then the Mourne Mountains are for you . |
| 12 | I 've said for years that you stop teams infringing by upgrading the penalty to , say , five points , and not be upgrading the try . |
| 13 | We 've argued for years about meals on wheel service that there should be seven day a week service throughout this authority , we 've only got it in the City , we want it throughout the authority . |
| 14 | My position on the whole thing started to wobble last year when I had some reflexology ( a foot massage ) which made me more relaxed than I 've felt for years . |
| 15 | these nice simple laws we 've got for indices . |
| 16 | What 's the term what 's another property you 've got for metals there ? |
| 17 | seems far more interesting than knowing that they 've rehearsed for hours on end . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , I 've slept for hours . ’ |
| 19 | And that includes the London School of Economics , where I 've lectured for years . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ First I 've had for ages . |
| 21 | And then when you 're older , scutage , tallage , and how many old goats we 've had for archbishops and popes . |
| 22 | Mm the most we 've had for months . |
| 23 | I pile the CDs on top of the tapes which balance on my redundant vinyl collection that 's heaped on top of the ancient 78s I 've had for years . ’ |
| 24 | All I have to wear are the same old rags I 've had for years . |
| 25 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 26 | The worst they 've had for years , apparently . ’ |
| 27 | This is the worst snowfall we 've had for years . |
| 28 | But that 's , that 's something I 've had for years , but my arms and shoulders |
| 29 | Just be very brief , chair , erm could I ask that we have a report before council on this , and I know it will be an extra two hours on the poor council debate , but I think this is so important , and it does affect the planet for hundreds of years to come , and I think if we ca n't have a discussion on this in full council , well , it 's the most important thing we 've had for years probably , and I think we should have a discussion before council sit . |
| 30 | ‘ I suspect it 's probably the first decent meal you 've had for days , Melody . |