Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 2 | It has now been decided to write to Rangers asking for their views on statements attributed to the three men since Ferguson 's club dropped him for disciplinary reasons , after which it came to light that Murray had spoken to United 's manager/chairman , Jim Mclean , about buying the Scotland internationalist . |
| 3 | After completing the orchestral score , Reger reworked it for two pianos , but this version for piano duet has more of the original material . |
| 4 | Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler . |
| 5 | Where Ann wrote it for last year , for my ri |
| 6 | Mr Singleton sold them for two pounds each . |
| 7 | I remember , one bloke , mind-reader he was — Steenie booked him for some Variety bill , forget where it was now . |
| 8 | His lips twisted in scorn , and Lissa hated him for that look . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , dear , you do n't want to hear my stories , ’ he would say when Benny and Eve plagued him for some information . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 11 | Doubts about the genuineness of his own faith troubled him for many years . |
| 12 | This brief experience as a merchant seaman qualified him for another voyage , this time on an American cargo vessel bound for London . |
| 13 | When Jamie came in with the food at gloaming , Cameron asked him for another blanket . |
| 14 | Julia loved him for that protectiveness , too , and pulled her hand out of his to let him go . |
| 15 | Judge Lawrence Verney jailed him for seven years foreach of the rapes and four years for each of the indecent assaults , all to run concurrently . |
| 16 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 17 | Late forties , husband left her for younger woman most likely . |
| 18 | In the early thirteenth century the canons and the laity left it for new Salisbury on the plain , by the river ; and Old Sarum survived only as a castle and a rotten borough . |
| 19 | President Zia picked him for prime minister in March 1985 but he was criticised by the opposition for providing a democratic civilian facade to a military dictatorship . |
| 20 | But ESA delayed it for five years , mainly so that this prestige project could be launched on the European launcher Ariane . |
| 21 | Fukase 's series RAVENS preoccupied him for ten years , beginning with a chance photograph of a flock of crows on his native Hokkaido in 1975 and culminating in the publication of 62 photographs in 1986 . |
| 22 | Mr. Gordon had persuaded Sir George Phillips , who was a rather crabby old man , to let them use the Park for their meetings , but , all the same , Judy had the feeling that Mr. Gordon did it for Brown Owl and not at all for the Brownies . |
| 23 | Guilt besieged him for many years . |
| 24 | Terry Melchett , the supermarket manager , whose wife left him for another woman , gave me a hard shove in the small of the back . |
| 25 | His occupancy lasted until 1 761 , when he sold it to another local clothier , John Cox , in whose family it remained until 1818 when Elizabeth and William leased it for seven years to the partnership of John Cox and Weston Hicks . |
| 26 | A decade ago , Kung Fu martial arts films were banned by Zambian cinemas after Kaunda attacked them for encouraging violence amongst youths . |
| 27 | One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race . |
| 28 | Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust . |
| 29 | She says that they were desperate for food , and the pike fed them for two days . |
| 30 | Judge William Hannah jailed him for 12 months and disqualified him from driving for six months . |