Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally I 'd hoped to apply for Scale 2 posts … but there are very few jobs , now . |
| 2 | I 'd got nicked for burglary and , so , the only way to get out of it was by trying the hospital . |
| 3 | Below it stood the childhood doll 's house she had intended to renovate for posterity and the guitar whose broken strings had halted her on the path to world fame as a singer of gypsy ballads , in a costume of scarlet and yellow sewn with little mirrors . |
| 4 | ‘ Work ? ’ he said , raising his eyebrows and looking at her as though she had said drilling for oil or prospecting for gold . |
| 5 | She had vowed to fight for Roman 's love , but how could she when he only wanted her for a stopgap while Dana was away ? |
| 6 | Daalny had acted , after all ; she must have taken the second key during Vespers , from the nail where at noon she had watched the porter hang the first one , but she had had to wait for near-darkness before using it . |
| 7 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |
| 8 | All you had to do to qualify for torture , persecution and death was to be a female who dared step out of line with patriarchal society . |
| 9 | Do you know , on the first night , Malcolm Harris did n't know about the cuts we 'd had to make for time . |
| 10 | Her faithful shadow , a Yorkshire terrier called Heathcliffe , was just as confused ; and the time that we had arranged to meet for lunch was fast approaching . |
| 11 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
| 12 | They remained obstinately silent , abject looking as well , the camouflage they had learned to use for safekeeping . |
| 13 | He admitted going equipped for theft , another burglary and asked for four similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 14 | She 'd even been on the local TV news for it and it had done wonders for business . |
| 15 | He had gone to look for wood . |
| 16 | He had decided to opt for medicine rather than the stage , and had felt virtuous , mildly sacrificial , a little self-important while making this choice . |
| 17 | First he had had to apply for permission ( not easy to get ) from the Nature Conservancy Council . |