Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 2 | Approaching the signal box he mounted the steps , the hand-rail creaking as he used it for support . |
| 3 | Well , you 're a bigger fool than I took you for . ’ |
| 4 | Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago . |
| 5 | Stephen was talking to a tall , elegantly dressed woman , who looked younger than she actually was , and her much older husband when she joined him for lunch in the beach bar . |
| 6 | He has two grown-up children , Dean and Roberta , by his first marriage to a former model , Tina , which broke up in a blaze of publicity after he left her for Stephanie . |
| 7 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 8 | The woman sent her surprise to PCs Rob Barrett and Phil Hogan at Brighton police station a week after they arrested her for stealing shoes . |
| 9 | Suragai 's hands were already scratched and bleeding , and he was cursing quietly in his own tongue as he positioned himself for another rescue attempt . |
| 10 | I do n't want that to happen to my daughter so I smacked her for stealing and lying . ’ |
| 11 | BOWLER Vic Macey joked he 'd break a pal 's leg if he hit him for four at a Paignton cricket match — then DID accidentally after the game . |
| 12 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 13 | Jobless Shepherd told a court his labrador Flash was savaged by a pit bull terrier as he took her for a late-night walk after drinking at a local club . |
| 14 | And this er oh dear what was the name of it , they had a special title for the man that sort of ran the stall as they called it for getting the coal out and he he chose who he wanted to go to work . |
| 15 | So what did she say about the money when you tried her for less money ? |