Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next morning Davis laid about himself for 77 , his highest first-class score , Botham again bowling poorly and being punished for it . |
| 2 | But Daphne 's dear familiarity , the pleasure of her company , the comfort of knowing pretty well what she would say in response to any remark , the whole warm , easy , ancient closeness that had subsisted between them for more than half a century , won over Cecilia 's temporary , though profound , embarrassment . |
| 3 | Yes , if the sun were to go out now we would n't know about it for eight minutes . |
| 4 | What I was able to do in that instance was play all the symphonies through with the orchestra and then forget about them for three months . |
| 5 | And erm anyway we got more from the unemployment exchange that prepared to work for him for fourteen pound , when we could have a eighteen pound on the dole . |
| 6 | ‘ Say what you like , there 's no way I 'm going to agree to work for you for three years . |
| 7 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |
| 8 | He asked us to call a group together , black and white , to meet with him for two days to seek God 's guidance together . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm thrilled that the board have shown faith in me by giving me the chance to work with them for another 12 months . |
| 10 | You may like to write to him for more details . |
| 11 | When Hullmandel published his treatise The Art of Drawing on Stone in 1824 , the possibilities of lithography were better advertised ( although Hullmandel was careful not to describe the actual printing process , so that artists would have to come to him for that service ) , and Lear was one of the very first to be attracted to the technique . |
| 12 | Gandhi indeed could count on the British conscience for his personal safety , but he could never count on it for political concessions — and it is clear that at some level he understood this . |
| 13 | But , and then he , he 's like , we left him on the sofa and said oh Mark we 'll be back in a minute , like , turned all the lights off hoping he 'll like pass out you could just hear him like laughing to himself for another like twenty minutes and we 're |
| 14 | Lord Jesus Christ , you have promised perfect liberty to those who trust you ; we cry to you for those who are at this moment enslaved by their need to take drugs . |
| 15 | They have not come to us for specific assistance under the know-how fund . |
| 16 | Other jobs and dignities , including the leadership of the House , the chairmanship of the party , the conduct of Central African affairs , the oversight of European negotiations , the first Secretaryship of State , and even the Deputy Premiership , were to be added unto me for varying periods in the years that followed ; and each time Macmillan went abroad-notably during his Eastern tour in 1958 and his African trip in 1960-I was automatically invited to act as head of the government . |
| 17 | That has brought a great deal of success , because the French Government are now taking the tough measures that we have been pressing on them for 10 years . |
| 18 | The world looks to them for decisive leadership on this issue , as on others " . |
| 19 | Very few are so unmusical as to have no music at all within them , and all of us are surrounded by it for much of the time . |
| 20 | Nothing was heard of them for fifteen years . |
| 21 | ‘ We have heard of you for many years . |
| 22 | ‘ In the voting booth , ’ he said : ‘ If you will be my voice , I will speak for you for four years . ’ |
| 23 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 24 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 25 | You have been looking for it for eight years . |
| 26 | Afterwards , the representative from the film company said , ‘ I 've been looking after him for two weeks and that 's the first time I 've seen his teeth … . ’ |
| 27 | Then I 'd be looking after you for both products and what I want to do is have a look at all the standard bearings you take to see if there is potential for a supply . |
| 28 | Men were to talk of it for many years to come . |
| 29 | In October , Hopper married Michelle Phillips who had been living with him for some months . |
| 30 | Granny had been living with us for some time . |