Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel told Eleanor that he despised her for making a pass at him . |
| 2 | Mm , well Ann and she got it for thirty two and a half ! |
| 3 | He tells us that he ‘ spent months researching ’ ( citations from his letter , The Art Newspaper No. 22 , October 1992 , p.3 ) the texts which he uses in his work at the Neue Galerie at Kassel and he criticises me for ‘ forgetting ’ these texts which took him so long to research , even though they are clearly mentioned in the second , fourth and fifth paragraphs of my article which comprises only seven paragraphs . |
| 4 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 5 | Back in Australia I have a dog called Gabby and I take her for walks — I really miss her . |
| 6 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |
| 7 | ‘ But I thank God that He spared me for this ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You have been impolite to Sister Mary because she chastised you for taking your visitor out into the garden . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've seen the looks people give Jenny when they see her for the first time , ’ says her mother , Helen . |
| 10 | Former model Carol Lawson , 42 , from Park Gate , Hants , refused to hang up on her relationship with neighbour Michael Hughes after he dumped her for another woman . |
| 11 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |