Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of them cared for the sexually explicit — ‘ Rather like having an operation described to one , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 2 | Naturally , I hoped for the best as regards the efficacy of my heart-felt prayer , but I had to be practical . |
| 3 | She howled for the most part of her first two years . |
| 4 | I think she did for the most part . |
| 5 | Monday arrived , as we set out we had two major obstacles to overcome , firstly not getting lost in Budapest ( which we achieved for the very first time ) and secondly getting through the border between Hungary and Romania . |
| 6 | The party machines were crooked , but at least they provided for the to-and-fro of political patronage in ways that left the mayor , as chief executive , relatively free to run the city . |
| 7 | When their typically apocalyptic vision of a new world faded , they retreated for the most part into traditional humility . |
| 8 | In June 1991 they voted for the most democratic free-marketeer on offer in a presidential election . |
| 9 | Gong show VIC REEVES , the big lummox , was on television the other night dropping the gong he received for the most original programme . |