Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After a heart-to-heart talk , she had gently ordered him home for the rest of the week , and since that time they had been friends in a reserved sort of way . |
| 4 | She had not expected him home for at least another hour . |
| 5 | they 've not , yeah , they 've not phoned her up for God knows how long . |
| 6 | Just cut them up for me then . |
| 7 | They head 600 volunteers who have already put themselves forward for 200 new Government teams which will be checking on classroom standards after September , 1993 . |
| 8 | I have not dressed myself up for some time . |
| 9 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 10 | This woman 's firm had totally ripped it off for one of the midmarket youth fashion houses . |
| 11 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 12 | I think you 've probably let us in for it now Frank cos she 's almost certainly going to send us some . |
| 13 | Once we had sat together in that ‘ condemned ’ gallery until evening , and the sacristan , not knowing we were there , had nearly locked us in for the night . |
| 14 | He 'd really got it in for Nigel . |
| 15 | Erm , just a point of information , I think er on the hundred and thirty-one million , including the Lincoln , and I think er they would have been you would have been under serious er distress on that , because the information I have had from the Department of Transport , is that if the Lincoln scheme had gone ahead , it would have effectively blocked everything else for the next five years , and that would n't have done you any good , from where you 're elected , either . |
| 16 | She realised , with hindsight , that he had n't forgiven her either for turning him down soon after she 'd joined the team . |
| 17 | But he would n't do that now , he had n't picked her up for twelve years . |
| 18 | ‘ Then I do hope your devotion to duty has n't made you late for some pressing engagement , ’ he added suavely . |
| 19 | if you 've have n't seen one then for fucks sake |
| 20 | Among the celebs busting to catch a glimpse of Nick 's end-of-the-pier nostalgia show were CLING POPPIE , JOHN from the NED 'S , SUEDE drummer SIMON , PAVEMENT , SEAN HUGHES ( cor , have n't seen him out for ages ) , ALAN and DAVE from the ROCKING BIRDS ( Hey ! |
| 21 | Have n't seen you around for a while . ’ |
| 22 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 23 | Yes you have n't done it up for years have you ? |
| 24 | I have n't got anything else for her to take except that enormous thing ! |
| 25 | Yeah but we ai n't got it here for Sunday you see . |
| 26 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 27 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 28 | But I have n't called you here for a professional opinion . ’ |
| 29 | I mean , you have n't set anything aside for your old age . ’ |
| 30 | We have n't put him down for a nursery school- ! |