Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at his master rather anxiously as he spoke , and Cornelius Fennell , catching that warning eye , perversely asked for another piece . |
| 2 | If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision . |
| 3 | And the overall groupings which we finally evolved for this book in terms of life focus also turn out to be remarkably close to the clusters of life styles picked out in an earlier American study taking just this perspective , Robert Williams and Claudine Wirths 's Lives through the Years . |
| 4 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 5 | As she spoke , joy brightened her face , and the love she still felt for this man was alive in her every word . |
| 6 | The revival by the Party of an old Mao maxim , ‘ Seeking from facts ’ , also allowed for more flexibility in the political sphere and rejection of political dogma . |
| 7 | They both accounted for this outcome in terms of the rigidity of the block contracts they had been recommended to make by the regional health authority . |
| 8 | She had spent most of her own childhood trying to persuade her parents to fall in love with each other and known how little they really cared for each other or for her , but until recently she had not realised how little real love there had been in her own marriage . |
| 9 | Adam 's wet arm lazily reached for another peach . |
| 10 | When he emerged , Dr Shakhar seemed to think that the talk had gone well and then asked for another audience . |
| 11 | Words that are longer than ten characters are shown in inverse video and then percentaged for that sentence . |
| 12 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 13 | previously neither the Building Regulations nor the NHBC specifically legislated for this type of construction . |