Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that she said nothing for a while , only sat watching me in a broody way . |
| 2 | But most of all she hated herself for awakening in the darkness night after night , with Nicolo 's name on her lips and tears on her cheeks . |
| 3 | Opinion over Dixon 's handling of the riots was divided between those who criticized her for showing too much restraint towards law-breakers , and those who cited her cautious approach as instrumental in calming the disturbances . |
| 4 | Victor Kiam is still seeking a buyer or backer for Remington — the razor company he liked so much in 1979 he bought it for $25m . |
| 5 | The conference also benefited from the unexpected gifts provided by the Nationalists , who now face as serious an internal crisis as the one in 1982 which crippled them for years . |
| 6 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 7 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |