Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze . |
| 2 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 3 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 5 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 6 | I only wanted it for a |
| 7 | ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’ |
| 8 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 9 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 10 | I just caught something for a , then put them on . |
| 11 | I just needed them for a purpose , and that was enough . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know what it was , but I instantly fingered her for an obvious goer , sack-artist , dick-idolator , and so on . |
| 13 | No I really got it for the er card holder . |
| 14 | ‘ I simply forgot myself for a moment , that 's all , ’ she said stiffly . |
| 15 | In all the years Francis and I were married I never asked him for a cent . |
| 16 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 17 | ‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’ |
| 18 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 19 | I had intended to try and ring Jo as soon as I got in , to find out what the hell was going on , but I never made it for the house was in turmoil . |
| 20 | I never doubted it for a minute , Jane , never . |
| 21 | He pushed his bicycle up the hill from Wheatley station in the company of another new student who had a strangely similar background : of nonconformist origins , with his father an official of a nonconformist Church ; a young man who postponed his own confirmation into the Church of England because his parents might be hurt ; and who swung at the university from his very Protestant background into a sense of the devotional stature in Anglo-Catholicism , and into convictions which never left him for the rest of his life ; a graduate of Balliol College , by name Austin Farrer . |
| 22 | She only fought him for a moment or two . |
| 23 | Even Dole , who once challenged him for the Presidency , was on verge of tears . |
| 24 | He might be the key to her freedom , but she still hated him for the confusion he aroused in her . |
| 25 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 26 | She almost offered herself for the fight , the surrogate , the already-victorious . |
| 27 | Instinctively all on the walls and ramparts ducked , even Seton , who then cursed himself for a fool . |
| 28 | Car joy : Prince Charles presented a £54,000 hi-tech van to disabled man who then took him for a spin . |
| 29 | She initially mistook him for a police officer as he was wearing a police-style anorak , white shirt and black tie . |
| 30 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |