Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 2 | Gombert 's linear sense — and sometimes Crecquillon 's and Lupi 's was so strong that he cared nothing for the asperities of harsh suspensions or accented passing-notes , as in this passage from his motet , ‘ Ave sanctissima Maria ’ : |
| 3 | It sounded ridiculously lame and she cursed herself for sounding so weak and ineffectual , but miraculously he seemed not to notice . |
| 4 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 5 | An ancient animal with 5 per cent of an eye might indeed have used it for something other than sight , but it seems to me at least as likely that it used it for 5 per cent vision . |
| 6 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 7 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 8 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 9 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 10 | It was defective and he took it for repair to the accused , who sold it . |
| 11 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |
| 12 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 13 | So he converted his barn which was huge and he used it for recitals , put a lovely grand piano in it . |