Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 2 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 3 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 4 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 5 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 6 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 7 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 8 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 9 | ‘ You are not becoming a Brownie tonight , ’ Mum reminded her for the hundredth time . |
| 10 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 11 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 12 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 13 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 14 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 15 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 16 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 17 | Leo asked her for the second time . |
| 18 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |