Example sentences of "for [pron] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , after 9,500 miles , I wish I had gone for something else as there is only 3mm of tread left on each tyre all the way round . |
| 2 | And we really need two men out there , but I ca n't ask more of them than they 're doing ; they 're making up for one short as it is . |
| 3 | ( Indicating costumes ) We had to run for it just as we were . |
| 4 | As luck would have it , Sophie had had no arrangement of her own for this evening , and , either forgetting our pact , or not taking my need for it seriously as she knew my activities were , on her terms , so innocent , had dropped in to borrow some coffee . |
| 5 | His hand reached for hers again as they went into what might have been a salon in the heyday of the old house . |