Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 2 | In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service . |
| 3 | In June 1548 , when the Scots had suffered it for four years , lord Methven reported to Mary of Guise the results of his inquiries as to why the Englishmen were favoured . |
| 4 | Actually Edward 's known me for ten years , but there we are . |
| 5 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 6 | Roirbak had mistaken her for another boy : a skinny , awkward creature , but pretty in her own way , he conceded . |
| 7 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 8 | I felt sure Miss Havisham had chosen us for each other . |
| 9 | His passionate compression , luxuriant sound , and eclectic mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Latinate , and Celtic diction have made him for many readers both the greatest of Victorians and the first of the moderns . |
| 10 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 11 | Much heralded , the comics renaissance of the last five years has worn its For Mature Readers Only label like a badge of honour and serious intent . |
| 12 | ‘ This business has knocked her for six . ’ |
| 13 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 14 | Worldwide governments had blown it for different reasons . |
| 15 | In the 1920s , after the British literary establishment had neglected him for forty years , Machen attracted a coterie of admirers in the United States . |
| 16 | GULF War hero Paul Butler , who saw two pals killed in the American ‘ friendly fire ’ attack , went berserk when he heard his wife had left him for another man . |
| 17 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 18 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 19 | He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head . |
| 20 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 21 | THE CAPTAIN had had what for ordinary mortals would have been a trying two days . |
| 22 | I can not believe so many people have attacked her for petty reasons , like here lack of smiling . |
| 23 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 24 | He sounded as if he was about to simply replace the phone and go , and Jenna had steeled herself for this . |
| 25 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 26 | Again , Karr had prepared him for this . |
| 27 | London University had interviewed me for both of the courses for which I had applied : Arabic and Economics , and Swahili and Commercial Law . |
| 28 | But while the British media 's account of World Cup preparations in Italy has been dominated by the prospect of violence , British domestic youth culture has primed itself for other possibilities by looking to the Latin-influenced culture of spectatorship and style . |
| 29 | How do you think your career to date has fitted you for this particular job ? |
| 30 | One bird had frustrated me for most of the trip . |