Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Call them on for more details . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've 27 turned out at home and I could bring any of them in for all weather racing at any time . |
| 3 | I wrote them down for each person . |
| 4 | To force cyclists to lock and unlock their bikes , detach and reattach shopping bags , lift off children and carry them perhaps for some distance , are all seen as ways of penalising cyclists and by implication encouraging the convenience of car use . |
| 5 | A variety of holidays in locations at home and abroad including guided tours have been arranged for them annually for many years . |
| 6 | I 'm just can you put me down for some paracetamols for the pain |
| 7 | ‘ Our opinions were , I think , maintained on both sides without full conviction ; Monboddo declared boldly for the savage , and I perhaps for that reason sided with the Citizen . ’ |
| 8 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 9 | Noticing I was buying a new battery for my headtorch he grinned knowing and said : ‘ Oh-oh ’ Somebody in for another Hebbert epic ? ’ |
| 10 | This applies notably to cowrie shells which partly for this reason have maintained their status down to the ethnographic present in many parts of the world . |
| 11 | Looking into her great eyes , their blue so dark that it was almost black , he was uncomfortably aware that having Miss Sally-Anne McAllister in the house was a most disturbing influence on a man who had not only denied himself sexually for some years , but who had rarely mixed with young women at all since he had left the army . |
| 12 | These cars ran on Brill 22E bogies , which unusually for that type were reversed with the pony wheels outwards . |
| 13 | The judge may ask open , vague questions , affording the interviewee plenty of rope to hang himself or herself ; for instance , ‘ Tell me all about yourself ’ , which means , of course , ‘ Tell me specific information about yourself that makes you right for this job . ’ |
| 14 | He said , rather huskily , ‘ I ca n't thank you enough for this evening . |
| 15 | And she would say , ‘ How long are you here for this time ? ’ praying it would be weeks instead of days … . |
| 16 | together with a representative of British Rail , and he was saying that , I , forget how many car transporters they 've got that erm , they built , bought specially to go on British Rail , he said , but they said he just had to give them up for many reasons and one of them was the problems that they have with new cars when they take them on British Rail and the brake dust from the trains apparently causes immediate rust . |
| 17 | Even at the age of about 13 I 'd be guided only by people who I thought knew something about the game , and who were not thing to stitch me up-I was always thinking people were trying to stitch me up for some reason . |
| 18 | I could put another one on for any member of staff who wishes to take one to use at interviews . |
| 19 | Not for , then we could think about having a grant aided class if we if we could get one still for this leisure activity , if people were interested . |
| 20 | They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time . |
| 21 | He had informed his silent audience of the death — just ‘ death ’ — of Dr Kemp ; explained that in order to establish the , er , totality of events , it would be necessary for everyone to complete a little questionnaire ( duly distributed ) , sign and date it , and hand it in to Sergeant Lewis ; that the departure of the coach would have to be postponed until late afternoon , perhaps , with lunch by courtesy of The Randolph ; that Mr Cedric Downes had volunteered to fix something up for that morning , from about 10.45 to 12.15 ; that ( in Morse 's opinion ) activity was a splendid antidote to adversity , and that it was his hope that all the group would avail themselves of Mr Downes 's kind offer ; that if they could all think back to the previous day 's events and try to recall anything , however seemingly insignificant , that might have appeared unusual , surprising , out-of-character — well , that was often just the sort of thing that got criminal cases solved . |
| 22 | His stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food , but he knew he must not miss this golden opportunity to put something by for another day . |
| 23 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 24 | If you 've neglected your legs during the winter and are planning to get them out for some spring sunshine then check out the new Stripwax from Jolen , £3.95 for 36 strips . |
| 25 | Why single me out for this honour ? ’ he mocked . |
| 26 | cos there not for this board are they ? |
| 27 | There are many things that can go wrong when training parents , or anybody else for that matter . |
| 28 | Stella never tells us anything , or anybody else for that matter . |
| 29 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 30 | But it 's always will , will , will in advance but you 're asking them immediately for more money . |