Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since adolescence I have longed for its liberation . |
| 2 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 3 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 4 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 5 | At the hedge marking the foot of the field I have to look for a minute to find a way through . |
| 6 | The new book , Kolymsky Heights , is says Sinclair-Stevenson , ‘ a wonderful , classy novel set mainly in Russia post-Gorbachev — the best thing in this genre I 've read for ages ’ . |
| 7 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
| 8 | Hill said : ‘ This is the opportunity I have worked for and I would like to thank the team for putting their faith in me . |
| 9 | In the bedroom I get changed for work . |
| 10 | Gill , 27 , said last night : ‘ Ever since I have been in football I have yearned for a chance to play in Europe . |
| 11 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
| 12 | Then , looking at me : ‘ It 's just an errand I have to run for … somebody . |
| 13 | This is the first proper daylight I 've seen for two months . |
| 14 | I refer to your fax of 17 April , in which you provide details of the type of research you propose to do for which you need an electronic dictionary tape . |
| 15 | As for the poll I think Gav is just a little bit biased in his choice of Cuntona , as im sure anyone who has seen him will confirm Gavs evening job is actually as a Cuntona look a like you know posing for pictures for the Sun with an easel and tweeds . |
| 16 | Is that the sort of future you intend to provide for her ? ’ |
| 17 | Er , and that 's , that 's the sort of light you do need for landscapes , and that 's happening over here . |
| 18 | The terror of leaving the tot you have cared for round the clock in the hands of a virtual stranger can be more daunting than the birth itself . |
| 19 | This service averages over five hundred separate insertions per month , and while in the strictest sense of the term you do pay for it via the call charge , it still represents amazing value for money . |
| 20 | But in the short-term AS-levels are the only instrument we 've got for change . ’ |
| 21 | One practice we have followed for some time in mid-week housegroups is to follow up and apply further what has been taught on Sunday . |
| 22 | The variable response to acute injury in such animals is reminiscent of the variability we have described for humans . |
| 23 | Not only to advocate the giving of second chances but also to say that I hope that Shaun and the rest manage to get themselves out of the rut they 've dug for themselves . |
| 24 | In the village I have known for the last 10 years , they openly regret that things were better under Marcos . |
| 25 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 26 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 27 | Third ( to Piers ) , I think you 're the smuggest young layabout I 've met for years and you ( me ) are these your friends ? |
| 28 | I , it , I , twice two years on trot I 've booked for him to go with me , and he wo n't go , he cancels it every time . |
| 29 | Heavy with child I come to ask for an extraction . |
| 30 | Well I 'd like to speak about the gallery I like to speak for myself and er just the visual arts and er the gallery when it first started was a gallery very much appreciated by appreciated by the Eastern Region er they saw it as potential a very significant gallery in the whole region which would have been a marvellous thing for Harlow to have . |