Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or does he refuse to go near it for the rest of the session and become unsettled ? |
| 2 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 3 | Deictic function is pointing out something for the first time , often using demonstratives as in Look at that picture ! ; |
| 4 | She put by the rent for the six weeks , and laid out everything for the bills — she usually pays £6 a week for gas , £2.68 newspapers , £2 club for her son 's clothes , £30 for food , £2.75 for school dinners in term time . |
| 5 | He guessed that was how she would always be , blocking out everything for the preferred world of her own creation until an idea was spent . |
| 6 | ‘ I suspect , ’ he said , ‘ you 've missed your usual evening nosh-up and so have I. ’ Liza had , indeed , missed the evening meal at the FANY headquarters , but she knew she would have foregone almost anything for the pleasure of simply sitting opposite this thin charming young man who seemed to have about him that same lighthearted loving insouciance possessed by the late Tom Tremayne . |
| 7 | It does absolutely nothing for the child with potential . ’ |
| 8 | It does absolutely nothing for the child with potential . |