Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb base] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I doubt either can afford to stay at a hotel and I know for a fact that they 're not at any of the local hostels ; neither , I have been reliably informed , have they put in an appearance at the local ‘ hippie ’ compound . |
2 | And when I 've done a a spot on photograph for them , when somebody else is mentioning a photograph , you know , er to go up in the Town Hall or whatever , er they the local mayor has just had one done by one of the guys in the workshop , and I know for a fact I could do one that 's ten times better than that . |
3 | No , he calmly surveys them , holds his hands up for silence — and I know for a fact he ca n't speak a word of Japanese . ’ |
4 | She 's getting some money , and I know for a fact she getting it . |
5 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
6 | ‘ As your commanding officer , I 'm the senior member of the Board and I speak for the others . |
7 | ‘ I 've nothing to add except to say that I 'm surprised no one 's tried to squeeze more out of me since and I apologize for the fact that there 's only one chair here so I ca n't ask you to sit down . ’ |
8 | Chair , if I could move on then to the budget proper , and I apologize for the numbering . |
9 | ‘ Her father and I wait for the day she grows out of it , but — ’ |
10 | As an entertainer I run in bright colours and I run for the public . |
11 | At the Lochy Bar in Caol ( pronounced cool ) just outside Fort William , Martin and I meet for the first time . |
12 | She asks me what I want , and I think for a bit . |
13 | There 's a telephone on the wall just by my table and I think for a bit about who I 'd like to phone . |
14 | And I think for the dyslexic child , for the disturbed child generally , we need to offer an atmosphere which is calm . |
15 | Er I 'm a thirty four year old accountant work and I work for a a pi |
16 | My name is Bill and I work for a firm called Peter 's Windows , we manufacture and fit high quality conservatories , patio doors , double glazing and se security windows etcetera , is there anything in this line you 'll be do you think ? |
17 | And I suppose for every person here , there would be a I would say a similar , but a different er definition . |
18 | ‘ There are so many more cross-border deals today , and if you can speak German or French or Japanese and you go for a job against somebody who is equally qualified but only speaks English , you will get hired . ’ |
19 | Right that 's D O C and then you look on here and you look for a D O C , when you found it you put a ring around it alright ? |
20 | You aim for a reasonable provision of jobs , bearing in mind the job requirement , er within that settlement , and you aim for an appropriate range of social , recreation , and education uses , erm er within the village , so that on the basis of our proposal , as we say in N Y five , you will expect to have a primary school . |
21 | ‘ How you suddenly remember something very vividly , ’ she said , ‘ and you think for a moment you 've really got hold of it . |
22 | In both Prestel and those sorts of things as you use the system you pay , and you pay for the telecommunications costs , you pay for the computer costs , and you pay for the information that you receive . |
23 | In both Prestel and those sorts of things as you use the system you pay , and you pay for the telecommunications costs , you pay for the computer costs , and you pay for the information that you receive . |
24 | In both Prestel and those sorts of things as you use the system you pay , and you pay for the telecommunications cost , you pay for the computer cost and you pay for the information that you receive , and that sort of worthwhile sharing of information , I am sure , is going to grow . |
25 | In both Prestel and those sorts of things as you use the system you pay , and you pay for the telecommunications cost , you pay for the computer cost and you pay for the information that you receive , and that sort of worthwhile sharing of information , I am sure , is going to grow . |
26 | In the circumstances , therefore , your first aim is to make sure that the original motion is defeated , and you vote for the amendment . |
27 | And you vote for the pair of them . |
28 | ‘ You care for the future of mankind , and you care for the future of Ireland as well . |
29 | We 're walking back from the shops — me and Marie — and we stop for a bit to look at the lights in the electric shop . |
30 | When the complexities of circumstance defeat analysis , and we grope for the best prediction or choice attainable , we do not doubt that there is a better founded prediction or better informed choice which no one perhaps will be lucky enough to hit on . |