Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could name at least three of my friends who would have been prompt to offer this undeniably attractive young man a doss down on the sofa , and one of them who would have already been thinking of taking him upstairs for the night … |
| 2 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 3 | Originally , Geoff Huffer , Ile De Nisky 's trainer , felt his colt was immature and was going to give him just one more run before putting him away for an ambitious campaign next year . |
| 4 | We would increase the public sector borrowing requirement for the first two years before reducing it sharply for the rest of our term of office to balance the books over five years . |
| 5 | ‘ Some of them around here would n't think twice about dragging you away for no reason . ’ |
| 6 | Until that moment they were reconciled to leaving him behind for the proposed four-week tour . |
| 7 | Secure the wire ends by twisting them together for a short distance to prevent the turns trying to unwind themselves . |