Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've forced me to sit cross-legged for hours leaning against a wall with my fingertips . ’ |
| 2 | Normally I am a good sleeper , but that New Year 's Night I lay awake for hours , with cold , sexual fantasy or worry . |
| 3 | Yeah , I feel sorry for youngsters today , do n't you ? |
| 4 | I feel sorry for novelists when they have to mention women 's eyes : there 's so little choice , and whatever colouring is decided upon inevitably carries banal implications . |
| 5 | I feel sorry for kids that are in showbusiness from a really young age , people like Shirley Temple . |
| 6 | I felt lost for words ; had difficulty breathing . |
| 7 | I sang that for hours on end to Tasha . |
| 8 | You have seen me do this for others . |
| 9 | As the right hon. Gentleman knows , the Government 's role in health is twofold : first , to provide the resources and , secondly , to make them work better for patients . |
| 10 | Any new ratepayer has six months to appeal from the date he or she became responsible for rates . |
| 11 | You played that for hours . |
| 12 | . And the idea with these is that when you get reimbursed for expenses , you put the receipt into the expense envelopes then at the end of the month , erm , you would staple the envelope and attach it to your company expense claim or you know , throw it at the person who 's going to give your money back or whatever . |
| 13 | She feels sorry for smokers — ‘ Nowadays , I think it is looked on as a sort of disability ’ . |
| 14 | It was an effort for Leonora to wish him goodnight , an even greater effort to walk upstairs slowly , instead of running headlong to her room , where she lay sleepless for hours , unable to get Penry Vaughan 's handsome , cynical face out of her mind . |
| 15 | ‘ We remain ready for talks at any time and I hope the Chinese side will be prepared to settle quickly on the arrangements for such talks , ’ Mr Hurd said . |
| 16 | The preceding week had seen days of heavy downpour and we came prepared for floods . |
| 17 | It costs £3.99 , but we have 100 for readers . |
| 18 | The eggs of most species are small , and although they do not contain a large supply of nutrients they remain viable for years at a time , mainly because the tiny embryo is in a resting state . |
| 19 | The various types of Housing Associations continued to grow after the 1914–18 war , and under the Acts of 1930 , 1936 and 1949 they became eligible for subsidies under certain conditions . |
| 20 | Do they understand that for years to come , our treasure is to be poured into maintaining round-the-clock , full-alert , protection of the airstrip works , at a time when we are seriously discussing the future of student loans , and putting the millstone of debt round the necks of our students in higher education ? |
| 21 | the Directors be authorised to establish any further employee share option scheme which they consider appropriate for employees of the Company or any subsidiary or associate of the Company who are resident or working outside the United Kingdom , provided that : |
| 22 | They stay submerged for ages , until you begin to think you 've only imagined you saw one go in — and then they pop up with a beakful of food . |
| 23 | In the turmoil which followed the Budget , it became impossible for ministers to conceal that , once again , the Government was in a muddle , making policy on the hoof around television and radio studios . |
| 24 | In these new circumstances of ‘ open parties ’ and ‘ participatory politics ’ it became possible for outsiders to seize nominations irrespective of the wishes of party leaders , and Jimmy Carter proved to be just such a candidate . |
| 25 | Most OECD countries are over-banked and also with the development of international money markets it became possible for banks to seek a wider source of deposits for their lending operations . |
| 26 | After that many Republican law-makers felt compelled to go along with it — and it became harder for critics to attack the reforms as ‘ socialised medicine ’ . |
| 27 | To protect the carrier against conflicting claims by more than one holder it became customary for bills of lading and letters of credit to require that delivery of the goods , or payment of the documentary draft or letter of credit by a bank be made against presentation of the ‘ full set . ’ |
| 28 | Then , unlike Queenie , he got lost for words . |
| 29 | Is it considered legitimate for members of a discipline to reflect critically on the discipline which provides them with their intellectual identity and status ? |
| 30 | It says Maggi for Men . |