Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And no nasty dream was going to spoil it for her . |
| 2 | Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump . |
| 3 | ‘ If your mother was half as beautiful as you , and perhaps half as persuasive , I can understand how your father was tempted to abandon everything for her pleasure , ’ he said throatily . |
| 4 | The judgment effectively absolved it of criminal and civil liability for causing approximately 3,500 deaths and injuries to thousands , and the final settlement was only a percentage of the orginial sum of $3.5 billion that the government was going to sue them for . |
| 5 | ‘ What was he doing there , anyway ? ’ 'Raoul was trying to tap him for money . ’ |
| 6 | The responsibility was going to haunt him for years to come . |