Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beggar in Ingmar Bergman 's film Virgin Spring speaks for us all . |
| 2 | And then er , they brought it back and then they started doing to quarter to six , but it still was n't good enough cos you ca n't , you ca n't have all these people in suits and briefcases stood outside a pub for quarter of an hour waiting for it open , you know |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't possess a mansion with a swimming-pool , a Rolls in the garage , and a business to pay for it all , ’ he admitted in a recent biography . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to sell my share in Moffat Engineering , which lost me my chance to drive for them that year … ’ |
| 5 | But to fully achieve this potential for client server into the future across the enterprise raises for us some really quite difficult new challenges and demands for the software environment . |
| 6 | is your friend coming for you this morning ? |
| 7 | If you would like to know more about the people and processes that keep water running for you 24 hours a day , why not send off now for the comprehensive free brochure below . |
| 8 | Sir David Steel , as he is now , last night spoke for them all when he promised : ‘ I do n't think it 's going to alter me or Judy greatly . ’ |
| 9 | A single shake of the head did for them all . |
| 10 | I understand there 's a return flight booked for you this afternoon . ’ |
| 11 | In the display the Godfather 's desk had a number of books on it ; the waxworks owner reached for them one by one . |
| 12 | I think it was the realisation of his disability that decided the man to go for him first . |
| 13 | Bedi believes India should concentrate on spin and forget hopes of a ‘ mediocre ’ pace attack making any dent in the England batting , saying : ‘ Kapil Dev is an exception , but you can not expect a one-man army to win for you all the time . ’ |
| 14 | It is very clear that today 's parents do n't fit the mould that society defined for them twenty years ago . |
| 15 | The whole experience of the pains and startling joys of the hazardous journey becomes for him paradigmatic of the realities of life lived fully from moment to moment , and the teaching of the lama " not the enlightened wisdom of one man but the splendid utterance of the divine in all mankind " . |
| 16 | Nine o'clock on the late show babysitting for me all this week , Adrian and then one o'clock till six o'clock during the early hours of Thursday the fifteenth of July , to keep you company , it 's Mark . |
| 17 | If you are running several LIFESPAN Processes , and wish VMS to account for them all separately , then create several UICs for them . |
| 18 | It is an Alto Duo , a kit car which Joy 's dad made for her some four years ago . |
| 19 | My mother had a big spread waiting for us that evening When we got cleared up , and then it was time to report to the UDR base for patrol duty . |
| 20 | Tomorrow the grave yawns for you all ! ’ |
| 21 | My grandad fought for them all his life , but the things you 're talking about , they 're only scratching the surface . ’ |
| 22 | He had an alley mate , the man on the next machine , who pulled the levers for both of them at one end while William 's grandad pulled for them both at the other . |