Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was surprised by the extent of Sue 's gratitude , when she came looking for them the following evening . |
| 2 | Now they began to see for themselves the amazing interconnected web of life which links the creatures and plants on Denmark Farm , and the critical role which each link plays in maintaining the chain of existence — the working ecological system . |
| 3 | Sometimes he even managed to keep for himself the little piece of cotton-wool that she soaked in perfume so that he could rub the henna stains from her skin . |
| 4 | His wife hated their life here in Munding , and what had happened in the ice-bound park at Easterness had become for her the final bitter vindication of that hate . |
| 5 | She had chosen for herself the human equivalent of sackcloth and ashes , and she denounced herself for a masochist . |