Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [pron] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She needs to find someone or something to blame for the catastrophe that has overtaken her , so she looks for reasons , because she may not yet be ready to face up to the extremely anxiety-provoking fact that life itself is unpredictable and the world is an insecure place . |
| 2 | Surkov and Rozanov , escaping from admirers , joined me and we headed for the exit . |
| 3 | The Deputy Under Secretary had no one but himself to blame for the irritation that his starched collar created just below the line of his neatly cut hair . |
| 4 | But when he tried to stand a cry of pain escaped him and he reached for the wall of the stables for support . |
| 5 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 6 | There was no escape from it and we longed for the luxury of sun glasses or a peaked cap . |
| 7 | So I fell for it and I volunteered for the Guards , but after a week , they decided I , I 'd got flat feet which was n't very good for slamming your foot down as the guards demanded in those days . |
| 8 | We quickly downed ours and he called for the same again . |