Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't want the feckin' Gardai pullin' me up for drunken drivin' . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah but was he bringing them out for other people as well ? |
| 4 | As it was , it took them two weeks to get back to Kabrit , to a great welcome from their astonished comrades , who had given them up for lost . |
| 5 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 6 | You just want me here for this . ’ |
| 7 | But now I really can not justify repacking them and squirrelling them away for another 40 years . |
| 8 | ‘ Had the care manager stuck to the initial referral alone , which was for respite care , she would have sorted them out for that , and that would have been it . ’ |
| 9 | I am in the process of compiling a book on old fashioned remedies for horse ailments and am writing to ask if any of your readers have experience of any , and would they be kind enough to pass them on for possible publication . |
| 10 | We have been starved of second-hand cars because nobody was trading them in for new ones , but this should change that . ’ |
| 11 | He had actually taken the trouble of ruling them out for all his business contacts as well . |
| 12 | Suppose I tell them that you want to escort me tonight for personal reasons ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Let's get out of here before MacLane shows and tries to pull me in for this . ’ |
| 14 | Silvex Modes , do pop in , ladies , convenient hours to suit you and the kiddies , and we 'll lovingly screw you over for fifty pence an hour . |
| 15 | It 's five past seven , I want you home for twenty to eight . |
| 16 | Then he was offered a place on the Work Trial scheme — a local garage offered to try him out for three weeks , without obligation , while the Employment Service continued to pay his benefit . |
| 17 | The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal . |
| 18 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 19 | But he would n't do that now , he had n't picked her up for twelve years . |
| 20 | The scriptures are the comprehensive equipment of the man of God , and fit him fully for all branches of his work . " |
| 21 | Karen crawled into a sleeping bag at three o'clock , having last seen Jessica deep in conversation with a blonde-haired willowy type with beard and pipe who had pursued her earnestly for several hours . |
| 22 | We turn to God in worship , thanking him daily for all things , pleasant or not . |
| 23 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 24 | The public is being asked to believe that an ill-conceived government has it in for these companies . |
| 25 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 27 | Do n't I mean do n't , do n't buy it just for this it 's just that if you had it handy |
| 28 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 29 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 30 | I think there was one question I 'll I 'll root it out for next time erm and I was really stunned on it I might be okay on it now . |