Example sentences of "[prep] [pn reflx] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having watched television documentaries about life in East Germany , Becker was keen to see for himself for the first time . |
| 2 | You do n't really think I risked making a fool of myself for a quick thank-you and a handshake , do you ? ’ |
| 3 | She said , ‘ I expect it 'll be something you 'll remember and treasure for the rest of your lives , ’ and Carrie was pleased because she sounded like herself for the first time that day . |
| 4 | In TRACE II units at the same level fight amongst themselves for the available supporting evidence . |
| 5 | But a dull flush was creeping up her neck , and colouring her cheeks , and she felt furious with herself for the tell-tale signs of insecurity , for the ease with which the other girl had succeeded in humiliating her … |
| 6 | ‘ So what have you been doing with yourself for the last five years ? ’ he asked , leaning back in his chair and looking quizzically at her . |
| 7 | It was the first diet she 'd ever tried and it made her feel good about herself for the first time , too . |
| 8 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
| 9 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 10 | The current campaign positioning for Johnnie Walker Black has remained true to itself for the last two and a half decades . |
| 11 | An isolationist king means that the land of Ulthuan can turn in on itself for a thousand years or more . |
| 12 | As she made coffee she stared dreamily ahead , smiled to herself for no apparent reason , and was so far away that at last Sophie remarked , ‘ You 're very happy — very preoccupied . |
| 13 | Her father 's belief that people made their own luck was true , Cora-Beth thought , when by lunchtime the following day Harry had finished his business with the architect and her ruse to have him to herself for a few hours paid off . |
| 14 | She needed to keep it all to herself for a few hours — hours in which she could live that precious time over and over again , recall his kisses , his voice and , above all , the look in his eyes . |
| 15 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 16 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |
| 17 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 18 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |
| 19 | This awful pain eating away at me is simply anger at myself for the stupid situation I 'm in now . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 21 | These primary qualities are insufficient by themselves for a physical thing , however , since they are possessed by a volume of empty space . |