Example sentences of "we [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |
| 2 | After a brief lapse , Fate booked us in for more hardship . |
| 3 | And I think Willi is about to sit us down for one of his gargantuan dinners . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He flew me , and a friend out there , put us up for three nights , then gave us a holiday in the Florida Keys , all paid for ’ . |
| 5 | for a kick off anyway , you held us up for three , five months with drawings being late ! |
| 6 | Jimmy Tarbuck and his mate Kenny Lynch followed us around for one of the practice days and , unusually for Tom and I , it was a sunny day . |