Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 2 | Unlike Napoleon 's mother , Elena Petrescu left no memorable quotation or hint that peasant-wisdom had perhaps already prepared her for her world to be turned downside-up again . |
| 3 | I 've got a few awards over the years , and I ca n't quite remember what some of them were given for , but I 've only ever got one for writing and that 's the one I would n't want to give away . |
| 4 | He eased me into a role he had only half-consciously cast me for without my noticing it and , by emphasizing the physical attraction I had for him , he made me feel imperative . |
| 5 | I am certainly going to miss him , I have only really known him for the past seven days , but it seems like years . |
| 6 | With an effort she walked across the room to Jerry , who had so often asked her for a date and who , given any encouragement , would have been a frequent visitor to Blue Ash Farm . |
| 7 | Er I think they genuinely believe their case , it 's not a case that I believe , but I I 've always genuinely respected them for the case they take . |
| 8 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 9 | Although he had only caught a glimpse of her blonde head above the milling crowds on the platform , he had n't even briefly mistaken her for a German or Scandinavian . |
| 10 | But no-one seems interested in the fact that you 've almost certainly stinted yourself for years . |
| 11 | His two daughters who he 'd never really done anything for — expecting them to look after him . |