Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's for a mobility assistant where I go in and befriend somebody and they employ me to take them somewhere for two hours . |
| 2 | To force cyclists to lock and unlock their bikes , detach and reattach shopping bags , lift off children and carry them perhaps for some distance , are all seen as ways of penalising cyclists and by implication encouraging the convenience of car use . |
| 3 | A variety of holidays in locations at home and abroad including guided tours have been arranged for them annually for many years . |
| 4 | As this liaison officer recognised , the basic level of skills training equipped them only for unskilled work and they had to learn to cope with compromise : |
| 5 | We tested chickens by restraining them gently for 15 seconds and then timing their recovery from their trance . |
| 6 | Bill Dodd , club captain in the 1930s , was one of those players who always gave his all for ninety minutes . |
| 7 | ‘ Our opinions were , I think , maintained on both sides without full conviction ; Monboddo declared boldly for the savage , and I perhaps for that reason sided with the Citizen . ’ |
| 8 | Can I just for one minute , I only give example |
| 9 | ‘ I never for one moment suspected that you were , ’ he murmured , his eyes suddenly running over her figure . |
| 10 | I never for one moment imagined that , no matter what you thought . ’ |
| 11 | goes , I had to pick all six up for that price , put them away for next year 's presents . |
| 12 | Suppose I tell them that you want to escort me tonight for personal reasons ? ’ |
| 13 | The countries of the Third World in particular need them desperately for medical purposes , as the synthesized drugs are so expensive . |
| 14 | ‘ Will you lend him to me just for one night ? ’ |
| 15 | And I was sponsored to be bored to death by a friend , who talked to me non-stop for three hours . ’ |
| 16 | The judge may ask open , vague questions , affording the interviewee plenty of rope to hang himself or herself ; for instance , ‘ Tell me all about yourself ’ , which means , of course , ‘ Tell me specific information about yourself that makes you right for this job . ’ |
| 17 | Her Sacred Majesty , being by nature full of mercy and clemency , who is most inclinable to such pitiful complaints and will not endure to hear such tragedies made of her people and poor subjects , as some about her may insinuate , then she perhaps for very compassion of such calamities will not only stop the stream of such violence and return to her wonted mildness , but also con them little thanks which have been the authors and counsellors of such bloody platforms . |
| 18 | He said , rather huskily , ‘ I ca n't thank you enough for this evening . |
| 19 | This is because you will have developed , without necessarily ever having thought about it , some learning style preferences that equip you better for certain stages in the cycle than for others . |
| 20 | And she would say , ‘ How long are you here for this time ? ’ praying it would be weeks instead of days … . |
| 21 | They take you there for twenty P if you reg he said I 'll bring you the papers . |
| 22 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 23 | Lydia had been with them now for ten years or so and still persisted in calling her ‘ missus ’ . |
| 24 | But it 's always will , will , will in advance but you 're asking them immediately for more money . |
| 25 | I like them particularly for Chunky machines which of course do not have a garter carriage . |
| 26 | ‘ It looks as though they have been trying to get rid of me here for three years . |
| 27 | Mine has served me well for many years . |
| 28 | In the ensuing pandemonium the young musicians played on , but Matron came and took Anna away , scolding her gently for bad behaviour which would not be tolerated once she was settled in . |
| 29 | We turn to God in worship , thanking him daily for all things , pleasant or not . |
| 30 | She played him patiently for two days before she hooked him , and reeled him in . |