Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went home again for Christmas alone . |
| 2 | Irina Serov was disillusioned : she cared no longer for Communism , for Capitalism , for any bloody ‘ ism ’ . |
| 3 | It is unlikely that he investigated too deeply for fear of aggravating and embarrassing his master . |
| 4 | He paused long enough for Rain and Maurin to doubt that he would resume . |
| 5 | Did the idea of the middle-class ‘ gentlemen/animals ’ come to Kenneth Grahame as he rowed gently upstream for tea at Golant — Mole and Rat idling away their idyllic lives by the gentle river and the boastful Toad , whose new-fangled fads led him to downfall and prison ? |
| 6 | As it was a blind taste-testing , our famous judge had no idea that , coincidentally , the pie he picked as best for taste and texture was Selfridges ' own-brand , hand-baked mince pies . |