Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German academics very prudently ignored him for forty years ; but lately , to the disgrace of Germany , he has been discovered by an English critic . |
| 2 | She patiently gammed him for long minutes ; fondling his testicles with one hand , and exploring the cleft of his arse with the other . |
| 3 | When he only bought them for three X ? |
| 4 | They had a large box of miscellaneous bit and pieces of sticky tape and straws and wood and drawing pins and all sorts of things , and we essentially just left them for two weeks to do this — and they came up with some superb ideas . |
| 5 | Sir Thomas More owned it for two years , although he probably never lived there . |
| 6 | I pointed out that the ground was once part of Tip Farm and that on rainy days Bob Crudge still used it for artificial insemination . |
| 7 | The tug refloated the vessel , towed her to a sheltered anchorage where she was made fit for the tow to Hong Kong , and thereafter towed her for four days to docks in Hong Kong . |
| 8 | Mr Copeland also jailed him for three months for possessing Ecstasy , three months for possessing amphetamines , six months for having Ecstasy with intent to supply and three months for having amphetamines with intent to supply . |
| 9 | At first Gaskell supported Deacon 's plans to manufacture alkali by the new Solvay process , but later persuaded him for financial reasons to employ the older Leblanc method . |
| 10 | Sir David English probably disliked it for two reasons . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
| 12 | In this act , Luke is saying that God , who sent Jesus to do his work on earth , now consecrated him for that work . |
| 13 | He then asked her for another £46,500 , claiming he needed the money to secure the bonds , and paid that , too , into his account . |
| 14 | However , since the diagnosis of CMV retinitis was an AIDS-defining illness and therefore qualified him for permanent disability and other benefits , he had concealed this fact from those involved in his care . |
| 15 | I never asked her for total commitment ( after all , if I were into monogamy would I have done such a good job of dangling that little Limnititzker tsatskeleh in front of her nose ? ) , but I would have hoped the woman would stand by me in a crisis . |
| 16 | The stability of the building was also queried and Mr. Fair ‘ absolutely guaranteed it for 200 years ! ’ |