Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 2 | You can have yours checked out for free on Sunday at Halfords in Durham , in a session organised by Halfords and What Car ? magazine . |
| 3 | There 's nothing that I want though for spare , cos I 've probably got it |
| 4 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 5 | ‘ I came back for pre-season perfectly all right and fit , but I twisted the ankle in the first minute of our first workout game against Brentford at the training ground . |
| 6 | ‘ I know not for sure . |
| 7 | And I saw then for certain |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Now that is the size of vans that I use now for light removals . |
| 10 | Thus she monitored many clients whose situation was felt to be unstable , and she negotiated widely for other services . |
| 11 | ‘ She leads him a right dance , ’ the nans would say , during their daily exchange of news and analysis in the queue at the butcher 's , until finally she danced off for good and all and left him with his mother and his clapped-out BSA and his jars of Brylcreem and his collection of 78 records and a lifetime 's cumulation of unarticulated resentments . |
| 12 | As the train drew near she looked out for Rough Stones , the house up on the hillside where they had made their first home ; but it was night , and all she saw was a glimmer that could as well have been a shepherd 's lantern . |
| 13 | Presently she went downstairs for hot water . |
| 14 | ‘ How many times have you gone out for romantic dinners with women ? ’ |
| 15 | It seems to me that while you work initially for local councils and local councillors who should , obviously , be the people who have the power and the say , and far be it from me to recommend that you ignore or even threaten to undermine the democratic process , however imperfect it it it may it may be , you have you are working for that local council . |
| 16 | Even if the majority of exercises employed are basically the same , the results will vary according to whether you work hard for short periods or do easier work for a longer stretch . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps even die , ’ she tacked on for good measure . |
| 18 | She works consistently for American television , on Broadway and in films . |
| 19 | It was in this way that Maurice , with the two of them clinging on for dear life , put out on the tide . |
| 20 | Contracting out by local authorities has increased under the Conservative government — partly voluntarily and partly as a response to changes in the law requiring them to do so for certain activities . |
| 21 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
| 22 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
| 23 | The driver 's home was en route so we stopped off for mint tea there . |
| 24 | And so , for 500 dense pages , we hang on for grim death as Hughes ' locomotive intelligence hurtles down the track he has set himself . |
| 25 | We look around for white holes and can find none . |
| 26 | That we look not for detailed application of single techniques in a piecemeal fashion , but rather that we look for the general developments from which we can build school specific approaches which translate the experience into usable school practice . |
| 27 | We marched together to and from Aldermaston , we worked together for co-operative socialism , we campaigned together for health , welfare , employment , education and housing in our ‘ inner city ’ constituencies . |
| 28 | ‘ We steam up for arranged parties and clubs and have four staunch volunteers and three or four helpers who lay track and run the railway … it would be quite impossible otherwise . ’ |
| 29 | We live in a house of treasure but some disease of the eyes has blinded us so that we search always for vulgar and expensive toys . |
| 30 | Once more , however , they provided only for small numbers and their success even in establishing this few in permanent work or independence appears to have been small . |