Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb past] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 2 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 3 | I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump . |
| 4 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 5 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 6 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 7 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 8 | We selected some of our favourites and snapped them for the magazine |
| 9 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 10 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 11 | For some strange reason she could n't seem to relinquish her hold on the chain and braced herself for the wrench she was sure would follow when fitzAlan started towards the castle gates . |
| 12 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 13 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 14 | At this point she burst into tears and blamed herself for the break-up of their relationship . |
| 15 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 16 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 17 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 18 | However , perhaps the National Deaf Club 's most distinguished member was Arthur James Wilson , who succeeded S. Bright Lucas to the presidency and held it for the rest of his life . |
| 19 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 20 | I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast . |
| 21 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |