Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | I can count the number of trout that I have taken from this lovely loch on the fingers of one hand and blank days are the rule , but I keep going back for more . |
2 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
3 | ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’ |
4 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |
5 | I mean I 've been in quite a bad mood this week actually but it 's really , like you know standing up for myself cos anyone that 's rude to me now gets it right back in their face . |
6 | It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’ |
7 | What you keep waking up for ? |
8 | At the first sign of the emotional see-saw that life so often presents , you go scurrying off for the goodies that give you comfort . |
9 | And she said oh Vicky goes in the afternoons too , d' you fancy coming round for lunch after you drop Oliver off on Wednesday . |
10 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |
11 | Time dulls the memory , though , and we keep going back for more . |