Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Miss Kenton , if you for one moment believe I have time on my hands , that displays more clearly than ever your great inexperience , I trust that in years to come , you will gain a clearer picture of what occurs in a house like this . ’ |
| 2 | Part of him was saying : that 's because if you for one second think seriously about the position you 've put yourself in , you 'll panic . |
| 3 | ‘ In my view the only candidate before you for such an act is Harper in lighting a tuft of hay . |
| 4 | Dropping litter might also be linked with the kind of ceremonial spitting and pee-ing that is a demonstration of claim of territory ( old men sitting on bench at village square or park etc. seem to spit a lot/ the marvellous wide-astride attitude of the countryside pee-er claiming that bit of ground as his for that glorious moment — I am aware it 's different for ladies , but maybe the same mentally , given that fright of discovering be removed ! ) . |
| 5 | As yours for several years |
| 6 | His senses told him that Cora-Beth was as eager as he for closer intimacies , and she made no attempt to draw back when he unbuttoned her coat and felt for the soft warmth of her breasts . |