Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers have made links that have enabled them to write entire modules for GCSE and to involve people from industry in the classroom . |
| 2 | You 'll find that many of your creditors , such as a building society , credit companies and so on , will be as helpful as they can if you ask them to accept smaller payments for a while . |
| 3 | It is largely up to the banks themselves to decide on the ratio that they consider to be ‘ prudent ’ : i.e. the ratio that provides them with enough liquid assets to enable them to meet any demands for cash . |
| 4 | Needless to say , with such a busy schedule none of them has any time for girlfriends . |
| 5 | When I asked Special Branch for extra men for surveillance work , I was told there were no extra men available . |
| 6 | I made four locks for the gates on Lord 's cricket ground er and when I 'm telling you this , and practically without exception , they must 've er got to know me and they come for what they wanted . |
| 7 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 8 | They 'd got ta be secure as you could imagine and er not easily picked , if you follow what I mean and er yes , made I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 9 | Last month I went back over the past 40 years of owning knitting machines and described some of the ways that I made sufficient money for the machines to pay for themselves . |
| 10 | Er I mean Standard Life for instance tied with the Halifax , G A with the Derbyshire , erm endless societies have tied . |
| 11 | Yeah , I mean ten oranges for fifty P yesterday . |
| 12 | But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death . |
| 13 | I posted two scripts for a series to be called ‘ The Raconteur ’ , which were a collection of after-dinner stories tied together by narration . |
| 14 | I make that suggestion for this reason . |
| 15 | ‘ I make big scenes for fun , because I adore drama , but I can also wait ten years , wait for the right moment to come . |
| 16 | I rode this race for all the patients in hospital . |
| 17 | They are , that 's why I got that offer for three big ones . |
| 18 | I got little pyjamas for him three ninety nine at . |
| 19 | I got full marks for composition at school by cribbing the life of Albert Schweitzer and claiming I wanted to be a missionary when I grew up . |
| 20 | Ah well I got some rhubarb for my daughter . |
| 21 | pullover and I got those socks for Tony . |
| 22 | I said I 'll ha take one pair and er the lady 's called Irene , she 's had the shop for years and years mum always gets and I got those stockings for you |
| 23 | I got another tape for the computer . |
| 24 | And there 's a lot of erm new books that I got last years for the library |
| 25 | ‘ I hate that man for what he did to me . ’ |
| 26 | Do you think it would be OK to fit 9.00 x 16 tyres to improve road speed , and would they fit onto the standard wheels , which I think are 5 x 16 , or will I need wider wheels for a good fitting . |
| 27 | And do you know what , I transcribed some notes for it , me and Miss Sandie or Sandra . |
| 28 | ‘ I built this guitar for myself and what I wanted was something very simple . |
| 29 | I approached several people for money to back the project . |
| 30 | I provide secretarial support for these two bodies as a CA volunteer , much of my job being committee work . |