Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant . |
| 2 | He wanted to know whether Wickham had arrested anyone for the murder because until then he could not face going to work . |
| 3 | ‘ The rest of us in Argentina 'ave forgiven you for the Falklands War . ’ |
| 4 | At the slow , jerking speed of city traffic at night , he drove toward the address that Ashdown had given him for the rendezvous . |
| 5 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 6 | She had the money Mrs Dallam had paid her for the petticoats and chemises . |
| 7 | In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French . |
| 8 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
| 9 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 10 | Er , probably Paul 's had it for the night . |
| 11 | Producer-director Arne Glimcher had tapped him for the role after catching his performance in Pedro Almodóvar 's Matador , in which he plays a melancholic bullfighter wannabe who faints at the sight of blood and gets dizzy watching clouds . |
| 12 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 13 | It was obvious that this was where Harry Mack had settled himself for the night . |
| 14 | I think Leeds have blown it for the league and there are sadly only one winners . |
| 15 | Guido 's won it for the past two years and he 's absolutely desperate to get a hat trick — though some of his rivals are equally desperate to see that he does n't . ’ |