Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
2 | An old prairie wolf kept on howling — he 'd had nothing to eat for a week |
3 | As her door began to open she grabbed for the telephone , then dropped the receiver as Luke appeared . |
4 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
5 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
6 | When Mortimer had assigned everyone positions for the operation — Ace , Benny and Petion to remain with him — he checked his watch . |
7 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |
8 | The Prince 's vanity had made him dress for a winter 's campaign on what threatened to be the summer 's hottest day yet . |
9 | ‘ It is that hard , ’ he said ominously , and I thought of John Maggovertski 's sadness for a pretty girl who had whored herself to pay for the white powder . |
10 | Mrs Bracken 's varicose veins were playing her up and the doctor had told her to rest for a week . |
11 | From what her mother had told her the experience would be horrendous and she had cried herself to sleep for the past week thinking about it . |
12 | He had to give himself time for the thought to reach him . |
13 | These last few months of building a new identity had enabled him to relax for the first time in years . |
14 | After the girls had gone I sat for a little time , thinking . |
15 | Father had , apparently , told her she was ‘ too stupid ’ to take a degree in maths , told her she could n't do a joint degree in physics and German because he could n't afford to pay for the year out , and had influenced her to apply for A university because that was where he had taken his degree . |
16 | If the Co was up on the Tuesday you had to have it paid for the Saturday , at least . |
17 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
18 | A planner , Colin Buchanan , who during the 1950s had had somewhat of a chequered career as an inspector in the Ministry of Town and Country Planning ( Bruton , 1981 ) , argued that a new situation had arisen which called for a fresh approach . |
19 | When Myeloski had returned to the hotel , after the girl had gone to her room , Duncan had suggested they go for a walk . |
20 | And a couple of days ago Fergus had suggested they go for a longer hike , up into the trackless hills where the Landy could n't reach . |
21 | Gambling on the dying man being able to comprehend , he had ordered him to go for the destruct button , while he himself had kept Grant occupied by an exchange of fire . |
22 | Ronnie Koeman captained the Dutch team for half the game after Johan Cruyff , the expatriate but hardly patriotic Dutchman who manages Barcelona , had ordered him to rest for a week . |
23 | With that , bayonets glistening , they began to charge , converging from every angle of the hemisphere ; before they had advanced a dozen yards squadrons of lancers had overtaken them racing for the ramparts . |