Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without doubt , close and loving physical contact between child and mother , or surrogate mother , promotes both physical and emotional well-being in the infant ; while cursory and uncomfortable handling , lack of communication and the signs of " non-loving " implicit in them make for the opposite . |
| 2 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 3 | I mean for the price of that bed , I mean you could n't go far wrong though . |
| 4 | I mean for the Republicans the purpose is a united Ireland . |
| 5 | I lay for a while simply wrestling with the enormity of it . |
| 6 | I lay for a while waiting for the chateau to fall silent again before drifting into a demon-filled sleep of black war horses rearing above me , men flying through the night air , and those dreadful corpses laid out so tidily , so neatly , in that beautiful London garden . |
| 7 | I lay for an hour until the wind subsided enough for a hill to show two miles away . |
| 8 | Bit too complicated I fear for a terrace chant … still — I like it ! ! |
| 9 | To use another metaphor , if the world of education becomes a jungle of market forces , I fear for the survival of children with special needs . |
| 10 | If this does not happen , I fear for the future of this denomination which I love and to which I am loyal . |
| 11 | I sit for an hour , alone at a table with only one drink of scathing hard whiskey , which does not fall lightly upon my throat , but burns my mouth and neck with the sting of memory . |
| 12 | ‘ How I long for a return to wingers , all-out attack — and entertainment . ’ |
| 13 | I long for a blockbuster that 's also good writing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I do n't mind , ’ said Ianthe , watching an old woman watering plants on a nearby roof ‘ How I long for a cup of tea ! ’ she went on , coming back into the room . |
| 15 | Do you know , I long for a family more than anything in the world ? ’ she blurted out with an intense yearning . |
| 16 | I long for the protection of a written constitution like that of the US with its First Amendment , which elevates freedom of expression above freedom to hide from intellectual challenge , or even vulgar verbal abuse . |
| 17 | I long for the day when those in authority will be united in a common quest to win the lost without worrying about the style of Anglican worship ; when they will see that a prime means to evangelise our nation will be to plant churches and encourage it without worrying about parochial boundaries . |
| 18 | Oh , we was there — I expect for a month . |
| 19 | I doze for the rest of the day , like a cat . |
| 20 | ‘ If I pose for a photograph will you all go away and leave me to some peace and quiet ? ’ |
| 21 | I apologise for the error . |
| 22 | I apologise for the delay in response — we had to track down which university you were at ! |
| 23 | I apologise for the delay in replying , but I have only just got to the bottom of my ‘ in tray ’ after months of chasing deadlines ! |
| 24 | I apologise for the delay in replying to you . |
| 25 | I apologise for the delay in replying . |
| 26 | I apologise for the delay in replying to you . |
| 27 | I apologise for the delay in arriving . |
| 28 | I apologise for the length of this letter but I do believe that it is essential that you have a clear understanding of what it is we are to do . |
| 29 | I apologise for the length of the , of the grouping , but it has been agreed between all of those concerned that it would be better er for the Committee to have a single debate on the size and composition of police authorities , rather than er a seri a series of debates on closely-related issues . |
| 30 | I apologise for the fact that I heard only about 40 minutes of the Minister of Agriculture 's speech . |