Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How would it look if I suddenly disappeared for weeks — leaving a gap that other people would have to fill — because my wife 's grandmother is ill on the other side of the world ? ’ |
| 2 | I I just appealing for MPs and I know you have the radio on just to see if I 'm being rude about you , and of course I never am because I 'm a I 'm a nice person . |
| 3 | The bolt was on the door and the top was off the bottle of Old Bedwetter that I generally reserve for moments such as these . |
| 4 | She gave two sharp little nods , as if that finished the matter , which no doubt it did , except that I still looked for gaps in her defences . |
| 5 | Ed made the kind of face I usually keep for Tuesdays . |
| 6 | I regularly look for stars in the Chamber , and I believe that the stars are on the Floor of the House . |
| 7 | Partly I bad believed for reasons which were extraneous , and I had used the emotional commitment I had found in this to cover for a lack of genuine commitment . |
| 8 | I never cared for results never cared for results at all . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , she just goes for women , but she does n't mind you watching . |
| 10 | Yvonne could n't find the fish brooch that she always wore for funerals . |
| 11 | She always fell for things like that ; she was easy to manage . |
| 12 | She pulled herself straight and directed into his sleepy eyes the look she usually reserved for teachers and principals . |
| 13 | In fact she hardly spoke for days . |
| 14 | She later fought for women 's rights and social reform in the Alberta legislature at Edmonton , and represented Canada at the League of Nations . |
| 15 | She also worked for women 's suffrage and employment , writing and lecturing on these and other contemporary subjects . |
| 16 | In other words , you live an expensive life , more expensive than you could possibly afford on the basis of the royalties from your two books and the articles you periodically write for newspapers and magazines in the States . |
| 17 | Can you please arrange for 1″ copy masters to be made ? |
| 18 | Would she never go for likes of erm Matthew ? |
| 19 | Although we go out quite a lot , we just go for walks . |
| 20 | And also I hear Mrs is n't well so I can need to pray for Mrs and I think also today we should pray for Mrs who I know , at this very time as Remembrance Sunday is coming up , she will be very sad so we particularly ask for prayers for her . |
| 21 | We broke nuts and bones with rocks , and we even fished for termites with sticks , the way chimps do . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Räder müssen rollen für den Sieg , ’ screamed the notices in the little Polish stations where we sometimes waited for hours on end . |
| 23 | This we actually see is just a continuation of the service that we currently provide for refugees withgin the community , adding another dimension to us . |
| 24 | Most of us have no idea how much we actually pay for services , because in fact we do buy parts at odd times when they are needed , so the cost is spread out over the year . |
| 25 | We continually look for ways to break brewing barriers and set new industry standards . |
| 26 | They always bid for funerals and I can remember folk on in being horrified at the idea that folk would put a notice in a window . |
| 27 | They deliberately looked for inconsistencies where they basically knew I 'd told them but two aspects of the truth , in the hope that I 'd blurt out the real truth about something else in my fright and confusion . |
| 28 | They made slow progress and as there was no reason for haste they soon made camp again and this time were particularly careful to conceal themselves and their horses among the trees well away from the ride ; they also arranged for watches through the night which they had not done before . |
| 29 | Generalizations hold for the known cases which prompted them but are not scientifically interesting unless they also hold for others . |
| 30 | They often rode for hours in contented silence , remembering the good years behind them when everything had been simple and summer seemed to last for ever . |