Example sentences of "for [pers pn] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teenage magazines often have stories about girls who fall in love with handsome , exciting young men who do n't care for them at all while ignoring the nice , but rather ordinary , boy-next-door who thinks the world of them . |
| 2 | Look out for them at major department stores . |
| 3 | You were gon na work for them at one point Rich . |
| 4 | When they did not return that night , Richard led a search party for them at first light the following morning . |
| 5 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
| 6 | I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody . |
| 7 | ‘ For me at any rate , ‘ I reply . |
| 8 | The combination of purple-red flowers and cream variegated foliage of Buddleia davidii ‘ Harlequin ’ may not suit all tastes but least appealing of all , for me at any rate , is the purple-flowered phlox , also called ‘ Harlequin ’ , whose leaves are generously splashed with cream , a combination which does not work for me . |
| 9 | It 's certainly never anything stronger than that , for me at any rate , but the guests can have what they like . |
| 10 | A parallel pleasure and comfort , for me at any rate , was to watch the Jews . |
| 11 | ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’ |
| 12 | The main thing for me at this stage in my career is to be in a well organised team which will help me win the 250 World Championship . |
| 13 | ‘ Every game is a bonus for me at this stage of my career and I 'm enjoying my football . ’ |
| 14 | People making decisions for you at that level , but the point I 'm trying to make is our society 's much more complicated and much more sophisticated now in the way that arrangements are made , the decision making for the community . |
| 15 | ‘ Another chopper should be along for you at any minute , old chap , but why not go and wait in your van until it arrives ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You can resign in the complete knowledge that should you ever want to come back there will be a position here for you at any time . ’ |
| 17 | Your answers will provide you with general categories of physical activities that are appropriate for you at this time . |
| 18 | A friend fashioned this for him at negligible cost . |
| 19 | Stratford responded by invoking Magna Carta 's principle of trial by peers , which for him at that time meant trial by the lords in parliament . |
| 20 | For him at that moment , the show was not just the thing , it was the priority . |
| 21 | Mrs Beamson 's eight-year-old son has been diagnosed as suffering from severe dyslexia and she claims the county 's education policy will not make adequate provision for him at secondary school level . |
| 22 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 23 | He was too close , too overpoweringly desirable , and there was no mistaking his physical need for her at that moment . |
| 24 | ‘ And no address for her at that time ? |
| 25 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 26 | For her at this stage , not crying is a great achievement but she hopes that some day she will reach a better balance so that her tears will be for herself rather than to make an impression on others . |
| 27 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 28 | Men are in voluntarily unemployed if , in the event of a small rise in the price of wage-goods relatively to the money-wage , both the aggregate supply of labour willing to work for the current money-wage and the aggregate demand for it at that wage would be greater than the existing volume of employment . |
| 29 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 30 | Argyle player-manager Peter Shilton said : ‘ He has scored a lot of goals ( 25 in 28 games ) for us at reserve level . ’ |