Example sentences of "[verb] of [pron] for a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I did n't think of anything for a good few hours , ’ he admitted throatily . |
2 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
3 | He came from Cambridge , and I have n't heard of her for a number of years . |
4 | The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) . |
5 | The tour in Japan was over and David left — he sailed for Vladivostok — and finally , just to get rid of me as usual ( if you keep making enough noise they 'll get rid of you for a little peace and quiet ) they gave me a visa . |
6 | ‘ Glad to be rid of you for a while , ’ she retorted . |
7 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
8 | He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period . |