Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've only got her for five years , then she has to go back to the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 2 | He had not said that he believed her , had only touched her for that fleeting moment , but she knew what she had felt . |
| 3 | Alison regarded me as though I were a dosser who 'd just importuned her for some spare change . |
| 4 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 5 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 6 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 7 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 8 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 9 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 11 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 12 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 13 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 14 | Erm I know he 's not seen anyone for thirteen years but did , did it just come through the post , sign here , send it back |
| 15 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
| 16 | He quotes Thomas Jefferson : ‘ This country needs a rebellion every 20 years ' , and the USA has not had one for 200 . ’ |
| 17 | Similarly if his host says ‘ Come early ’ , having just invited him for eight o'clock , he will interpret ‘ early ’ with respect to the last-mentioned time , rather than to some previously mentioned time . |
| 18 | Well yeah , and yes they 've just asked them for forty grand more have n't they ? |
| 19 | His club , Northants , have already banned him for two games . |
| 20 | ‘ Your comment over dinner that evening , about her acting in cheap soap operas , was quite apt ; I do n't think she 's ever forgiven you for that . ’ |
| 21 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 22 | They were both free then , and must have still felt something for each other . |
| 23 | She has since packed it for other tours . |
| 24 | More than a hundred victims have now approached him for legal advice and doctors are still seeing new cases six weeks after chryptosporidium was first identified in the Farmoor reservoir . |
| 25 | I mean , and she really known him for six months you know ? |
| 26 | He said , ’ Walker , I 've now known you for four years , and this is the first intelligent thing that you have done . ’ |
| 27 | A spokesman for the I R A said its active service unit had tragically mistaken them for British soldiers . |
| 28 | The Tryons , in return , have frequently joined him for some fishing at Balmoral . |
| 29 | not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard |
| 30 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |