Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 4 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 5 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 7 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 8 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . " |
| 15 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I picked the song because I had written it for a special person and it was not a Dr Hook song . |
| 18 | I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear ! |
| 19 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 20 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 21 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 24 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 25 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 26 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
| 27 | Instead , uncharacteristically , he went and signed up with the Maharishi , paid out £146 , and has never regretted it for a single minute , although in fairness it has to be said that his wife has . |
| 28 | ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’ |
| 29 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
| 30 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |