Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 2 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 3 | I got done for that . |
| 4 | Then I got arrested for some petty thing , shoplifting . |
| 5 | But erm after I 'd choked for half an hour she went to sleep I eventually went back to sleep again and |
| 6 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 7 | If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in . |
| 8 | By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 9 | By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 10 | She said , ‘ What am I going to wear for this old party tomorrow ? |
| 11 | I decided to apply for some help , so my daughter Lilya ( Aliki ) and I wrote a letter to Andropov and Brezhnev , and I explained in these letters that what had been stolen was a large number of works from the collection that I had intended to give to the Tretyakov Gallery . |
| 12 | I needed to study for several months to make a woman monster successfully . |
| 13 | I started paying for this myself two years ago — and I want to keep it a secret from him — but now I find I ca n't continue the payments . |
| 14 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 15 | I do apologise for such a long letter , but I had always believed that ZZAP ! was the inferior C64 mag . |
| 16 | Erm I do apologise for this but er unfortunately we have no choice I suppose . |
| 17 | I do apologise for this noise . |
| 18 | But as I say , I do apologize for that , it 's unnecessarily complicated . |
| 19 | I start to think for some reason about the idea of being all right . |
| 20 | ‘ No , I can honestly say that the facts are correct : I am thirty-two , I did live for many years in Scotland , and yes , I do head one of the largest investment corporations in the country . ’ |
| 21 | All you had to do as an employee in all honesty , was get up in the morning , and you had , the decision you had to make is , how do I get to work for half past eight ? |
| 22 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 23 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 24 | I had fished for half an hour when I felt the line tighten . |
| 25 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 26 | I had to wait for another performance to see . ’ |
| 27 | I had hoped for some characteristic entry in his unflaggingly ironic Dictionnaire des idées reçues ; but it jumps pointedly from cognac to coitus . |
| 28 | Following your excellent exposé of our ambiguous one , and Danny Baker 's candid assessment of the Boy In The Bubble , I had hoped for more than the arselicking articles printed . |
| 29 | ‘ I had hoped for more , I must confess , Rain . |
| 30 | All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence . |