Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 2 | Other times she made me promise to keep them for ever , to remember her by , and say a prayer She was a bit vague who it was I was to pray to . |
| 3 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 4 | Miss Evans had become Auntie Lou and it seemed they had known her for ever . |
| 5 | From her encouraging smile I realised she had suggested me for something . |
| 6 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 7 | When police approached Robert Francis , who was in possession of the caravan , he claimed he had bought it for £2,000 from a colleague . |
| 8 | He had been found asleep on the floor of a taxi outside a night club and claimed he had hired it for the evening as his bedroom . |
| 9 | ‘ Simon reckoned he 'd adored you for years and that he intended to be that boyfriend , and he 'd make it happen by ensuring the two of you were together as much as possible . |
| 10 | Steve had done several pieces for solo instruments with tape , and he decided he wanted to do one for guitar . |
| 11 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 12 | I knew I 'd got something for your Dad . ’ |
| 13 | Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute |
| 14 | Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought you 'd known them for years . |
| 16 | And because he thought she had followed him for just that purpose ? |
| 17 | Shiona felt her control desert her for a moment . |
| 18 | He knew I needed the money and he knew he 'd got me for for a he 'd have got me up at six o'clock in the morning if he 'd have needed me . |
| 19 | Chastened , you pick up the bicycle and shuffle indoors , convinced you have ruined everything for good . |
| 20 | How dared he try to blame her for what had happened ? |
| 21 | If he was ill , bad luck , but why did he have to ruin everything for me ? |
| 22 | I said course you can I said I 'd had it for years like that . |
| 23 | and she do , she said she decided that , you know it was a bit , well I never change me post office , said I 've had it for all these years but she said it was a lovely bungalow and she says er what |
| 24 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 25 | Yeah she said she has to wear them for the television |
| 26 | Because she sa , this woman said they 've had it for at least two years ! |
| 27 | Just over half of the teachers claiming to have seen the booklet said they had used it for in-service training in their school . |
| 28 | The argument is familiar — Lord Gordon-Walker said he had heard it for forty years — but , even more , it is a political argument . |
| 29 | Hagans said he 'd known her for two years and they 'd met by appointment . |