Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She can rarely have travelled , for example , more than fifteen miles from Brackley , Northamptonshire , where she lived for most of her twenty-four years . |
| 2 | In a report to a plenary meeting of Tsektran in June , he said that trains should stop acting like droshkys , carrying people and goods where they wished for little or no pay . |
| 3 | They have a cult status which remains something of an enigma — particularly in the North-west where they stand for all that is dreary and depressing . |
| 4 | After his retirement from the Institut Pasteur , where he lectured for some 50 years , he devoted himself entirely to his cookery studies . |
| 5 | The grass is either permanent or it remains for several years as a long ley . |
| 6 | My fear is that I am not likely to serve on the Standing Committee , although I volunteer for such duty if the opportunity be there . |
| 7 | I believe that I speak for many others , both in my party and outside it , who want to see a successful conclusion at Maastricht and who want political and economic union in Europe to go forward . |
| 8 | I am sure that I speak for all district society presidents when I say that this is just not true . |
| 9 | As to coming together for further talks , I think that I speak for all those who were involved in the talks in the summer , which we concluded , when I say that those who took part in them felt that they were valuable and looked forward to the possibility of being able to hold talks again . |
| 10 | It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours . |
| 11 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |
| 12 | He even got himself a VC in the most alarming circumstances , but that did not stem my tears that I shed for this man . |
| 13 | No I do n't , I think I can , you witness that I paid for this wo n't you ? |
| 14 | Not in the sense that I work for any authority . |
| 15 | I can not say that I care for these self-perpetuating societies . ’ |
| 16 | The deal included the offices attached to one of the hangars , so I arranged for some of these to be converted into laboratories for the processing of flight data and cockpit voice recorders . |
| 17 | That might in itself imply that she felt for some reason that she would be suspected , or perhaps she knew who the killer was and preferred to keep quiet . |
| 18 | On the reverse of each plate is Cicely Mary Barker 's original poem that she penned for each fairy . |
| 19 | Firdaus is so stung by this that she looks for another job . |
| 20 | Before that she worked for several companies in Taiwan , the last one being Coca-Cola . |
| 21 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 22 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 23 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 24 | We were given to understand that you asked for this article . ’ |
| 25 | It seems to me that that attention to the moment is significant of the great work that you do for this particular charity . |
| 26 | The accounts that you have for this year , have been rearranged . |
| 27 | You need some sort of order and some sort of security , it makes your mind so sort of universal that you look for some sort of order … ’ |
| 28 | When you make a will you are showing , in a practical way , that you care for those closest to you . |
| 29 | But nevertheless it 's im important to remember that this is a survey erm which is conducted at the time of year when most compan or many companies raise their list prices and if one looks at the past sort of record of this survey both at the regional level and the national level , one generally does see a bit of an upturn in the pr in the prices numbers at this time of year because people are raising their list prices erm and once you allow for that erm I think these numbers are er very good in terms of prices trends , very low for the time of year . |
| 30 | The warmth and affection that we felt for each other will always be with me . |