Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [adj] measure " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I also know that Mrs Chapman has arthritis which makes it almost impossible for her to climb those stairs to the little flat , ’ I added for good measure . |
| 2 | Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’ |
| 3 | She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers . |
| 4 | ‘ The last thing on Peter 's mind — and on mine , ’ she added for good measure , ‘ is going to bed together ! ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't even solve crosswords , ’ she added for good measure . |
| 6 | ‘ And when I 'm so fragile , ’ she added for good measure . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm an early riser , ’ she added for good measure . |
| 8 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 9 | But this harsh action was condemned by Reagan who called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc , threatened to cut off all talks with Moscow and asked that Western aid be ended for an oil-gas pipeline which was being constructed from Soviet Siberia into Europe . |
| 10 | He adds for good measure that the public-sector deficit would be wiped out if the country stopped paying its foreign debts . |
| 11 | He added for good measure : ‘ During the time she is in the shop her domestic duties are being neglected ’ . |
| 12 | In any case , he warned me , it 's what a rich man calls an asset and , he added for good measure , never invest in something new , especially when there 's a war on . |
| 13 | It calls for immediate measures to reduce traffic flows , including the introduction of a speed limit on motorways and a sharp increase in the price of petrol . |
| 14 | Following the imposition of sanctions and the freeze on official exchanges immediately following the Tiananmen Square massacre [ see pp. 36722 ; 36815 ] , Qian Qichen held " frank discussions " with US Secretary of State James Baker at a UN meeting in New York on Sept. 28 , in which he called for practical measures on the part of the USA to improve the situation . |
| 15 | He called for robust measures against the mainly Japanese producers who dump steel into the EEC . |