Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
| 2 | But even if he chose lucky and came straight for the exit I had taken , I reckoned I could make at least twenty yards before he would open the door behind me . |
| 3 | After that tour , Western Province employed both myself and Graham Gooch for two winters , which partially made up for the fees we lost by not being able to tour with England during the three-year Test ban . |
| 4 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 5 | went away for the weekend we could ask him along could n't we ? |
| 6 | ( Derek heartily spoke up for the bitter they pulled , too . ) |
| 7 | But Molly knew he would say when they got home , ‘ For what I shelled out for the water we might as well have filled the loos up with Chianti . ’ |
| 8 | Again , there were difficulties with Equity when I was selected and the whole thing had to go to arbitration because the company stood out for the casting it wanted . |