Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 2 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 3 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
| 4 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 5 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 6 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 7 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 8 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 9 | I do n't know what it was , but I instantly fingered her for an obvious goer , sack-artist , dick-idolator , and so on . |
| 10 | It was a move that clearly suited him for the following season he was picked for the county squad . |
| 11 | James Boswell , for example , often used them for the former , even occasionally , apparently , for the latter ; but never it seems with his wife . |
| 12 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 13 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 14 | I was there on my own , because the Yorkshire Television film crew had been positioned on the roof of the Palace , and would have been quite at a loss but a lady from the Yorkshire Post spotted me and kindly accompanied me for a little while . |
| 15 | Nothing , however , quite prepared us for the momentous last months of this decade . |
| 16 | He then holed it for a three . |
| 17 | I waited until the tea was ready then joined them for a warming meal of steak and kidney pudding , followed by a very hot mug of tea into which was placed a measure of Navy rum . |
| 18 | Sonny , of course , never made it for the final show . |
| 19 | My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while . |