Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] had [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mistress Philippa had invited us for supper . ’ |
| 2 | It had none of the institutional smell Alida had prepared herself for . |
| 3 | Tammuz Malamute abused the body Ewan had bequeathed him for years , telling himself he 'd buried the past , until the day he woke up and a voice inside reminded him that Ari Famber was fourteen years old . |
| 4 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 5 | Her family was delighted although Fiona remembers her sister-in-law in America asking anxiously about the kitten James had given her for Christmas . |
| 6 | I saw that gentleness Conchis had prepared me for . |
| 7 | It was imperative , as he knew , not to get embroiled in politics , and he had been utterly furious when it appeared that architect Rod Hackney had done it for him . |
| 8 | She was wearing the huge red skirt she had made out of some curtains someone had sent to the jumble , and a black polo-necked jersey , and she had tied her hair up with the Indian scarf Luke had given her for Christmas . |
| 9 | She pushed it back , and wiped the same hand on the Beatrix Potter apron Harriet had made her for her birthday . |