Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 2 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 3 | So I arranged for one of the estate stalkers to take the remains up the river , when the Colonel and his lady were out for the day . ’ |
| 4 | So I apologize for that . |
| 5 | So I go for 2–0 with Deane and Wallace getting the prizes ! |
| 6 | So I think for next week I 'd like to be looking in some detail , there are two sources on this one is , is and the other is , tho those two are crucial in terms of understanding or , and and that those are crucial in terms of understanding erm why this policy document . |
| 7 | So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’ |
| 8 | So I allow for this when selecting which club to play . |
| 9 | The most obvious person to take it out on is your boyfriend , and so I settled for that . |
| 10 | Erm , Right , erm , we get this thorny question now about how to establish how much somebody needs for living assurance . |
| 11 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 12 | So you plan for these things . |
| 13 | Much you care for that . |
| 14 | When the 3 weeks were up and the Scraggs returned , we looked for other accommodation and found a flat in Riccarton , close to Hagley Park and only a mile from the city centre , and we liked it so much we stayed for four weeks having intended two . |
| 15 | ‘ The government does it with poll tax bills , letting us know how much we pay for those who wo n't , so why not extend it ? |
| 16 | So we asked for twenty thousand pound upfront . |
| 17 | So we pray for those we know in the church or parish who mourn the death of a loved one ; for those who are ill , or are convalescing after sickness or an operation ; for those who have to live with constant weakness or pain ; for those who are anxious about the health of a loved one , particularly mothers anxious about children . |
| 18 | So we pray for those who are battered and bruised because of such differences , and we ask that each one may know your touch of peace . |
| 19 | So we stopped for another one . |
| 20 | The central theme of the Unit 's philosophy is that there is only one science , no matter how finely disciplines have become subdivided ( largely for administrative purposes ) over the years , and so we look for those research proposals which are naturally and freely expressed . |
| 21 | So we look for any mark under the cuts , or for a bump on the back of the head . ‘ |
| 22 | so we settled for that but er , it was an inferior were n't it one we |
| 23 | A chef in Saratoga Springs exasperated by a difficult customer complaining that his french fries were not sliced thinly enough cut the potatoes paper thin ; the irony was that the customer enjoyed the delicacy so much he asked for more and thus crisps were born . |
| 24 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 25 | that , that 's how long it takes for half of the radioactive isotopes to disappear . |
| 26 | It 's how long it takes for those to react together until they 've stopped reacting . |
| 27 | And so he waited for these really rather unexpected people to explain what they required , and hoped he would be able to do whatever it was . |
| 28 | So he stood for ten minutes at the window watching soldiers tossing bundles of equipment into the gurg-ling FV 432s parked around the parade ground and feeling the deep contentment of seeing other people working very hard very early in the day . |
| 29 | So it pays for cryptic species to die soon after their breeding period is over . |
| 30 | Anyone who did not read Miss Post 's book before their first voyage had only themselves to blame for sartorial gaffes . |