Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brother Eadred rode with us for a while , two or three miles from the abbey gates . |
| 2 | But he is in one sense or another occupied with it for the rest of the book as he directs the recluse in understanding her experience in terms of a pattern established by the Incarnation , and anchors his teaching to Scripture . |
| 3 | With a Raleigh-esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red-faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . |
| 4 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 5 | George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more . |
| 6 | Sabine looked at it for a long moment , aware of a faint stirring in her consciousness , some elusive memory , fleetingly brought to life . |
| 7 | Looking ahead , we are privileged to have with us for a Conference on 23rd & 24th October , Roger Forster , leader of the Icthus Fellowship in London . |
| 8 | The biggest developments in men 's fashion in the past few years — the explosion of sportswear in everyday clothes , the return of knitwear and the gradual softening of the suit 's construction — are more than likely to stay with us for a good few seasons yet . |
| 9 | Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside , it was night and the journey was a dangerous one . |
| 10 | Let us get the great working for us for a change . ’ ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 12 | Of course , being down to earth is one of Pam 's greatest strengths , and it 's good to know she 's back on track and that we 'll still be able to laugh with her for a while yet . |
| 13 | In view of what happened on the rugby field last week the French are unlikely to speak to us for a decade or so . |
| 14 | It is difficult to disagree with him for the conjunction of computers and communications is perhaps the most important aspect of information technology . |
| 15 | We both look at it for a bit . |
| 16 | Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress . |