Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 2 | I lived down there for about five years . |
| 3 | I got up early for to paint the kitchen |
| 4 | However , it would be unwise to rely on the initiatives of local authorities alone , because of the severe financial restrictions under which they operate ( I found out today for example that Edinburgh District Council 's ENTIRE budget for maintainance of paths and bridleways amounts to only £5,000 per year ) , but also because many routes of interest to cyclists coincide with trunk road routes , which are D o T responsibility . |
| 5 | ‘ I came up here for some headache tablets , ’ she continued matter-of-factly . |
| 6 | ‘ It was dry work , ’ Menzies summed up , ‘ so I came back then for some refreshment . |
| 7 | ‘ I came out here for a breath of air , ’ he said , ‘ but I guess it 's time to go back now . |
| 8 | I look in occasionally for a drink and a chat though he 's getting more and more difficult to talk to . |
| 9 | In fact I tuned out altogether for at least a week , while John checked into the hotel and ran around town shuffling papers and permits and palmgrease and all the other shit you deal in when you 're firming up a fresh identity . |
| 10 | , did n't even congratulate me when I walked in tonight for my wonderful singing . |
| 11 | Erm , what am I coming out here for ? |
| 12 | I go out just for recording all this bollocks yeah for absolutely no reason at all . |
| 13 | I go out less for drinks , less visiting friends , going to listen to music . |
| 14 | My fear has made me a prisoner in my own home ; I go out only for essential shopping . |
| 15 | She never said anything about it when I went up there for my last leave , and she 's never written about it since , but I can imagine a little of what she felt . |
| 16 | you never guess what Andy Spence 's mum did when I went up there for dinner once ? , it 's vile |
| 17 | I went to see where , she puts lollipop in school like and I went to see exactly she 's supposed to start at quarter to twelve so I went round there for quarter to twelve about five past twelve when she , it 's like yours . |
| 18 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 19 | you know , thinking they will , oh christ you know what am I sitting down here for doing that anyhow , I could of been done that at home before I did n't have |
| 20 | I 'm gon na say can I come back over for it . |
| 21 | Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up . |
| 22 | I waited out there for several minutes , and then Conchis stopped playing . |
| 23 | I was supposed to have a meeting on with erm , a couple of guys from the British Coal Enterprise down in Middlesbrough with , but unfortunately again the weather caught all of them out and they decided not to come , but did n't occur to them to say they would n't come , so I sat down there for an hour , and eventually managed to find a phone number and get in contact and the guy was still there , and he said oh no I 'm not coming up . |
| 24 | We all waited outside in St Martin 's Lane for 55 minutes , and to my surprise about 99 per cent of them came back in for the finish . ’ |
| 25 | Ask them to look out particularly for any signs of dredging for oysters , in the creeks , or just offshore . " |
| 26 | At one point , George Duke said to me , ‘ Why do n't you stay up here for a minute — I want you to play . ’ |
| 27 | She clung on desperately for reprieve , but none came ; he would n't stop , his mouth burning down over hers while he pinned her wrists to the bed , driven beyond his limits by her refusal , and she felt her breasts against his chest , her eyes open , seeing his face , hearing his hoarse breathing , the way he drew air into his lungs raggedly before lowering his head to kiss her again , his heart beating and his black hair tousled and his tie pulled loose in the scuffle … |
| 28 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 29 | Well she chunters on just for the sake of talking ! |
| 30 | Jane and I think it would be a good idea if you came down here for Christmas . |