Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was philosophical about her stepson blaming her for allowing his father 's foot to become so black , saying that Alex had to look after himself . |
| 2 | She looked up , clutching her inadequate plush tablecloths , the supple line of her body begging him for a ride . |
| 3 | He flushed with anger when he remembered how the legal aid he had levied to furnish her to her wedding had brought in only miserable trickles of money on the date appointed , and how he had been forced to send out letters to all and sundry requesting loans to help to pay for her clothes and dowry , and even to borrow abjectly from the City of London and some of its richest citizens , with all the members of his council pledging themselves for repayment , so low was his own credit fallen . |
| 4 | I just sat in the dressing-room with my head in my hands hating myself for what I 'd done . ’ |
| 5 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |