Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I reckon just for this it 'll cost you about eighteen quid . |
| 32 | erm I mean as I said before , I do n't have relatives out in the Gulf , but I feel immensely for these men that are out there , men and women , and also for the news reporters , I mean nobody 's actually said what an awful job it must be for these news reporters and sort of camera crews that are actually erm doing this sort of wonderful job of bringing us back here all this information . |
| 33 | I packed up I packed up for two and a half years and then erm when we went to Spain in August , no in October , the four girls went me and me two sisters and a friend from work , Barbara . |
| 34 | And I saw then for certain |
| 35 | I looked round for more as the first two flamed near the centre of the Grounds , finally collapsing into the grass , stiff-limbed but twitching , crackling to the breeze . |
| 36 | I looked round for some small objects to work with . |
| 37 | I looked around for this other speaker , this eminent historian who had been right in the middle of the action , this acute analyst who assembled with such thoroughness the material I too had worked on , who had packed it into enlightening and readable volumes . |
| 38 | We shall see whether I 've learnt enough when I go up for those exams . |
| 39 | and then if I , I go out for another one , that means two evening evenings back |
| 40 | send you these things , I go in for all the competitions and I never put a stamp on the envelope unless I 'm ordering something |
| 41 | He mumbles when I go in for specific points , he puts an accent on , but I think he 's trying to tell me Hess is dead . |
| 42 | Now that is the size of vans that I use now for light removals . |
| 43 | Daphne recalls how , early on , ‘ I made the mistake of allowing one to become too fond of me and , when I went away for two weeks , she died of a broken heart . |
| 44 | In return , she offered to look after my own birds when I went away for one weekend ( it was after the war but rationing was still in force , and most people who could , kept chickens ) . |
| 45 | Just before Christmas I moved jobs , and in the middle of January I went away for three days on a course . |
| 46 | That was an experience I went through for many months , not saying anything . |
| 47 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 48 | I mention this now to Gordon and he chuckles : ‘ I went specially for that shot . |
| 49 | I experienced the medical practice side , I went out for two or three assignments to get a feel for it and it 's doable . |
| 50 | Well , I went down for that Christmas . |
| 51 | And like I went down for that one Monday . |
| 52 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 53 | But I did n't give up , I went in for another and I came third again , and then I gave up , so that was the end of that . |
| 54 | Well it 'd probably be the June or July before I went in for this exam , which they did n't hold very frequently and er then I had to pass this exam and that I could leave school in the August , Bank Holiday . |
| 55 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 56 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 57 | Yes , her and I went together for seventeen year , before us got married . ’ |
| 58 | A dress I , I sent off for two sizes , I 'm glad I did now because I thought you know that the small one would be okay for them , but it 's not , there 's the hat |
| 59 | I do not for one minute believe that we shall hand over everything that this country has ever stood for in terms of its independence . |
| 60 | A letter dated March 2nd already betrays some misgiving through its protestation : ‘ I do n't for one minute doubt about the fall of Verdun . ’ |