Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you . |
| 2 | Medical confidentiality you 're you 're just sitting there with bloody a private conversation we that I went for treatment with my doctor , and and the recommendations that she 's given me in , well well what 's the point er what er what 's going on ? |
| 3 | We had a succession of God-awful nannies we could n't afford — Clemence 's books had n't started to sell at that point — but the upshot was that I left for work late , came home early . |
| 4 | I 've got a , er comb , I 've got one of those that I use for Anthony at the moment and why brush ? |
| 5 | ‘ When I wear a fine coat , the working people that I want for models are afraid of me and distrust me , or they want more money from me . ’ |
| 6 | You see , God 's grace is provided in Jesus Christ all that I need for salvation . |
| 7 | So God 's grace is provided in Jesus Christ , all that I need for salvation and for a life that will please God . |
| 8 | ‘ That I did for Mr Lambert , ’ but the rebuff was cancelled as he brushed her fingers using the back of his hand . |
| 9 | Sometimes at work I feel I have had enough and I am overwhelmed by the material so that I thirst for meditation which can be a rededication and a balancing of our lives . |
| 10 | the farm yard set for Katie but then , cos I have n't got her so much , so I thought we , she , I do n't think she 'd be into police , I thought if I bought police and that was dearer and the amount that I bought for Ben and Charlotte |
| 11 | So it is to them , the creators of American literature , that I look for clarification about the invention and effect of Africanism in the United States . |
| 12 | droopy draws the one that I wanted for ages droopy draws . |
| 13 | " I 've got a copper bracelet on , that I wear for rheumatism , " she said , " will that affect your reading ? " |
| 14 | She did nothing much about it — Eismark was still just somebody in shipping , not a politician — and it was only when he came onto the Secretariat that she asked for money to do some more work about it . ’ |
| 15 | He gazed at her in silence that she took for acceptance . |
| 16 | She says that she screamed for help — another two minutes and the twins would have died because of all the smoke and flames . |
| 17 | Capsules that she had for years . |
| 18 | Victoria was an extremely pretty young woman , and it was obvious that she cared for Miguel Rafaelo . |
| 19 | The handful of stories that she wrote for children were remarkable for their strong sense of place and feeling for landscapes she had never seen . |
| 20 | ’ In the play there is the prostitute character who represents Suzannah in the sense that she modeled for Artemesia 's painting ; She is also a hint at Tassi 's own murky past — he was tried for attempting to murder his wife ( a prostitute'- proof of his duplicity since he would not have been able to marry Artemesia under any circumstance . |
| 21 | He slammed his body into hers , bending her back , kissing her so hard that she fought for breath . |
| 22 | When she tells us that she left for work , we assume that she has dressed for the outside world . |
| 23 | Ingrid feels more influenced by painters like Sonya Delaunay and Picasso , and by the fragments of colours and textures that she collects for reference . |
| 24 | And I honestly think that was the only reason that she stopped for Pete . |
| 25 | Like Julian , who tells us that she wrestled for years with the problem of sin , Luther and St Teresa both struggled for some twenty years with a paralysing sense of their own sinfulness . |
| 26 | The author also points out that her subject had almost no sense of humour or capacity for original thought , that she thirsted for power , and that ‘ Righteousness was what Annie earnestly desired for others … she felt no lack of it herself . ’ |
| 27 | See these socks that she bought for Jade |
| 28 | Is it all your own milk that you use for cheese ? |
| 29 | It 's nice to have an estimator represented on the course because I think that you 'll admit that people do put some thought into this and the , the rates that you use for labour and plant , you try to make realistic . |
| 30 | Oh aye you get to know people that you 've for years and years . |