Example sentences of "of [verb] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 2 | Similarly , ‘ vocational ’ training was regarded more as a means of making prisoners work hard than of training them for a task to which they were individually suited . |
| 3 | Finally , one other began to use heroin almost by default in that he and a friend bought heroin with the specific aim of selling it for a profit . |
| 4 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 5 | Instead of blaming them for a small error , I praise them for being 99 percent perfect . |
| 6 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 7 | It 's just a matter of hoarding them for a discount on your Sovereign holiday . |
| 8 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 9 | While BT has the right to terminate the deal between years three and six , it also has the option of extending it for a further three years . |
| 10 | ‘ If I speak to Nerina , ’ said Bernard , whose blood pressure was so low there was talk of admitting him for a day or so , ‘ she might lift the curse . |
| 11 | if he thought there was something up he would of sent you for an x-ray , or |
| 12 | No the only thing that consumed me I was looking to see if there was anyway that material from the seat could be used to sort of target us for a mailing system or something like that |