Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 2 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 3 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 4 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 5 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 6 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 7 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 9 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 10 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 11 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 12 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 13 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 14 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 15 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 16 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 17 | Well I 've seen 'em for a hundred now actually , a hundred quid . |
| 18 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 19 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 20 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 21 | She was seized with a desire to feel his hand on her breast again , as she had felt it for a fleeting second months ago . |
| 22 | I picked the song because I had written it for a special person and it was not a Dr Hook song . |
| 23 | I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear ! |
| 24 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 25 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 26 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And we have a bicycle which he made in the year eighteen seventy , that was before he had started business on his own and he had erm made it for a young solicitor in Galashiels and I believe it was used in a race from Galashiels from Place in Galashiels to the . |
| 29 | No one had said anything for a long time . |
| 30 | And the sold them for a third profit so what did he sell them for ? |