Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 2 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 3 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 4 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 5 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 6 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 7 | He slammed the full magazine into the weapon and gripped it for a moment , the veins in his temple throbbing angrily . |
| 8 | She caught Stephen 's eye and held it for a second . |
| 9 | In the end she had taken the brooch back to the shop and exchanged it for a plain silver cross on a chain . |
| 10 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 11 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 12 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 13 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 14 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 15 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her for a moment . |
| 16 | Kelly returned his kiss and held it for a fraction longer than she should have . |
| 17 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 18 | Yesterday , two Norfolk men who kidnapped a prime suspect and took him for a ride were sent to prison for five years and apparently the suspect did not even get a police caution . |
| 19 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 20 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 21 | Nick reached across the table , took her hand and held it for a moment . |
| 22 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |
| 23 | After a time , his doctor friend had seen enough of his extremity and took him for a drink in the airport bar . |
| 24 | He multiplied the clones in the glasshouse and screened them for a variety of characters ( Fig. 16.3 ) . |
| 25 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 26 | However , perhaps the National Deaf Club 's most distinguished member was Arthur James Wilson , who succeeded S. Bright Lucas to the presidency and held it for the rest of his life . |
| 27 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 28 | I can do is , Mary had a metal cow she milked it with a spanner , she took it to the market and sold it for a tanner . |
| 29 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |