Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] was [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My family was very very supportive my mum was very happy that I was doing something for myself later on in my life it will help me very much and my husband was very very good . |
| 2 | She had had no experience of domestic affairs , but she managed well enough , and had the satisfaction of knowing that she was doing something for Susan , after all . |
| 3 | She had stayed there , always conscious that she was preparing herself for an existence of unutterable boredom , and was one of an enormous number of women who were training themselves for an ‘ if I do n't marry ’ life . |
| 4 | Privately , Robbie considered he was over-reacting , that he was blaming her for his own inability to work today . |
| 5 | Instinct told her that he was planning something for her and it might not be to her liking . |
| 6 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 7 | He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin , but he knew , as he lay in the barracks hearing the grunts and panting of his companions , that he was honing himself for a superior form by refusing his body . |
| 8 | I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top |
| 9 | Can you not see what erm er this woman fainted into my arms and she was embracing me for letting her not take her fall . |
| 10 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 11 | Pc Elsegood told Wing he was an off-duty policeman and he was arresting him for assault . |
| 12 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 13 | ‘ I always fancied my chances of playing against Dublin and so it worked out , but I was taking nothing for granted . |
| 14 | She trusted him , for her own part , without reserve or doubt ; but she was trusting him for those who crossed the river and took the risks . |
| 15 | But she was doing it for their child , and in order to make sure that Angel was happy she needed the Reverend Morey . |
| 16 | Francis Carco , who was a friend who had bought Modigliani 's work before the crowd , also bought Modigliani 's paintings , but he was given them for what he himself described as a ridiculously cheap price . |
| 17 | But he was doing it for his little girl , his Karen , and for her mother , his wife Ruthie . |
| 18 | It all started out as a silly student prank , but it was to mark me for life . |
| 19 | The examination under anaesthesia without consent is inexplicable ( unless it was to punish her for having refused examination when conscious ) . |
| 20 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 21 | The German Commandant had dreamt of a mute Jewish whore and when he was issued one for the duration his cup overflowed . |
| 22 | Meanwhile Dave had gone to pick up the boss from Stuttgart Airport as he was joining us for the weekend . |