Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year
2 I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day .
3 ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says .
4 Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best .
5 The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets .
6 The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’
7 I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride
8 I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car .
9 So I mean in the shop I , I did sell for the National Trust once but I s I sold them the .
10 I said go for the obvious one Brazil question seventeen , the Pyrenees mountain range lies between which two countries ?
11 An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time .
12 I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography .
13 I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola .
14 And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me .
15 When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win .
16 So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all .
17 SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME
18 I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said .
19 I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like .
20 WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise .
21 The night before , I had gone for a long , lonely walk along the banks of the Tormes , crossing and recrossing the Roman bridge , hoping against hope that I might somehow find you also walking there .
22 There was no use pretending it had n't happened : I had wished for a pure Pacific experience , a truly new world experience at the dawning of this day , yet it had become hopelessly muddied with a relic of the old world and the Ocean whose time , we are now supposed to believe , has passed .
23 I stood staring for a long while .
24 I wanted to weep for an enormous violent sensuality I would never know again .
25 I found it so enjoyable that I wanted to register for the complete game .
26 Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ?
27 Dean Acheson responded that the unhappy stalemate which had existed for a lengthy period could not be extended .
28 This represented a major concession on the part of the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) delegation , led by Hun Sen , the SOC Premier , which had pressed for a first-past-the-post system .
29 First , Parliament gave statutory recognition and reinforcement to the existing regime of contractual receivers appointed by debenture holders which had operated for the public benefit .
30 The opening ceremony on Feb. 19 of the National Assembly , which had convened for a 35-day session to elect Taiwan 's President , was disrupted by opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) members protesting at " mainland " domination .
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