Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] them for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
| 2 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 3 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
| 4 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 5 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 6 | You get them for two pounds fifty . |
| 7 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 8 | But Hampshire are top of the table and we outplayed them for two days . ’ |
| 9 | But the speakers that you are observing ‘ know ’ how to use the resources of variation available to them , and they use them for many purposes , including the marking of varying social roles and functions . |
| 10 | If soft enough to show footprints and vehicle tracks , they retain them for many years . |
| 11 | He watched them for two minutes , but they did not move . |
| 12 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 13 | And there were those men who encouraged us to reprimand them for sexist thoughts and deeds . |