Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for the [noun sg] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I settled for the fact that you ca n't devote the time which I feel you would need to give to the job . |
| 2 | I mean if I knew for the fact that I was gon na get this job at the hospital I 'd pay for it |
| 3 | Asked by an exit pollster which way he had cast his vote , he replied : ‘ I voted for the party that is going to run the country for the next five years . ’ |
| 4 | There were some who were clever , some who were stupid , and none who cared for the lecture that would take her forty-five minutes to read and three evenings to prepare . |
| 5 | Instinctively , she headed for the door that led out into the garden . |
| 6 | As she headed for the path that crossed the garden to the pool and then on to the pine forest and olive grove , she heard one solitary , impassioned call that hung hauntingly in the hot air . |
| 7 | As she walked up Tullis Street , Templeton 's came into view , and she headed for the entrance that would take her to the offices where she d been told to report . |
| 8 | She listened for the siren that marked their departure , the roar of the engines that meant their journey had truly begun . |
| 9 | He reached for the packet that was nearest to the front of the bag . |
| 10 | The problem seems to lie , as it lay for the requirement that there be no relevant falsehood , in the way in which new true beliefs can be added piecemeal and overturn the existing justification , while there remain yet further truths waiting in the background to overturn the overturning . |