Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … nothing prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh soon afterwards . |
| 2 | It was an experience which steeled him for the future task of having as many as a dozen major country houses under construction in any one year . |
| 3 | ‘ You dropped him for the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 4 | I was not proposing to ask her about her relationship , or lack of it , with Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson , or to what degree she blamed them for the unexpected and , at the time , unwelcome change in her life . |
| 5 | Just as the race rekindled Classic hopes for Stoute , the flame was snuffed out for Newmarket trainer Mohammed Moubarak , who blamed himself for the dismal performance of 11–4 favourite Forest Tiger , who trailed in last after coming under pressure at half-way . |
| 6 | Five years ago , you nominated me for the National Executive of the Labour Party . |
| 7 | Hill 's ban ended in time for the 1987 World Cup but Bristol 's Richard Harding , who replaced him for the final Five Nations match — a stirring victory over Scotland — was first-choice in Australia and Hill 's last game for two years was against the United States . |
| 8 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |
| 9 | They won it for the outstanding service that they had given two clients , Comfort Cooling and PSA . |
| 10 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , for example , he believed certain things which were wrong ( such as the tenets of Unitarianism ) , and he believed them for the wrong reasons ( such as the theistic proofs ) . |
| 12 | It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers . |
| 13 | Instead of the authorised prayer , he recited one for the dead . |
| 14 | No wonder Edward , in order to protect suitors from ecclesiastical censures or reprisals , made available a new form of the writ which was issued ‘ on behalf of many ’ — ex relatu plurium — in which he substituted himself for the unnamed petitioner or petitioners ; this form of the writ enjoyed wider popularity after the Council of Reading . |
| 15 | He wrote it for the young men who were dying in the war , but the words may offer a little comfort . |