Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] " 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 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 3 | When the Central Authority carpeted him for this , he stated that he had done it both to meet statutory obligations and to make faster progress on rural electrification than agreed . |
| 4 | Election 1992 : ‘ Red ’ stumped as Tory ladies hit him for six |
| 5 | The staff and right leg propelled me for forty yards until the leg gave way and the injured one , without a thought , took the strain and I ended up on my hands and knees ranting and raving . |
| 6 | At first Alistair took them for other screenplay writers and wedged himself behind the door , at the back of the queue . |
| 7 | Doubts about the genuineness of his own faith troubled him for many years . |
| 8 | ‘ You and your bloody mates fingered me for those three other burglaries . |
| 9 | The whole field left me for dead . |
| 10 | Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust . |