Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 2 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 3 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 4 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 5 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 6 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 7 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 8 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 9 | So I mean in the shop I , I did sell for the National Trust once but I s I sold them the . |
| 10 | I said go for the obvious one Brazil question seventeen , the Pyrenees mountain range lies between which two countries ? |
| 11 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 12 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 14 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 15 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 16 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 17 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 18 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 20 | WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise . |
| 21 | The night before , I had gone for a long , lonely walk along the banks of the Tormes , crossing and recrossing the Roman bridge , hoping against hope that I might somehow find you also walking there . |
| 22 | There was no use pretending it had n't happened : I had wished for a pure Pacific experience , a truly new world experience at the dawning of this day , yet it had become hopelessly muddied with a relic of the old world and the Ocean whose time , we are now supposed to believe , has passed . |
| 23 | I stood staring for a long while . |
| 24 | I wanted to weep for an enormous violent sensuality I would never know again . |
| 25 | I found it so enjoyable that I wanted to register for the complete game . |
| 26 | She 'd headed for the historical centre and spanned out , taking in the churches and palaces and the Lonja — the commodity exchange which housed , among other historical interests , the fine arts museum . |
| 27 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 28 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 29 | Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change . |
| 30 | 20–6 Mrs McIver , wife of the Moderator , asked to be relieved of the duty of leader of praise which she had undertaken for the past two years . |