Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 2 | At the war 's end , charity assembled to comfort her for a brief moment and whilst wishing her long life , nevertheless dispersed and never reassembled . |
| 3 | Goldwyn threatened to sue him for a million dollars , but Mayer convinced him that such a court case would cast a dim light on the entire industry . |
| 4 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 5 | For some years , it was used by the American Church , which offered to buy it for a substantial sum from the London diocese when its lease expired ; but the offer was refused and the church declared redundant . |
| 6 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 7 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 8 | I picked the song because I had written it for a special person and it was not a Dr Hook song . |
| 9 | She was seized with a desire to feel his hand on her breast again , as she had felt it for a fleeting second months ago . |
| 10 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 11 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 12 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 13 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
| 14 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 15 | They had swapped it for a modern flat in a concrete skyscraper . |
| 16 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |
| 17 | A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments . |
| 18 | Did she agonizingly miss the faithless Finn who had deserted her for a cross-eyed creature ? |
| 19 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 20 | Annie stood watching him for a few moments . |