Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A normal family life , he repeated to himself , and smiled almost wanly at the thought of something that seemed destined to elude him for several years to come . |
| 2 | Then slowly her sense of humour began to reassert itself and she was able to laugh , remembering the look of amazement on his handsome , hawklike face when she 'd threatened to report him for sexual harassment . |
| 3 | Newly married and ecstatically happy , he yet felt compelled to offer himself for one of the war 's most hazardous enterprises . |
| 4 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 5 | For once Miss Coldharbour had looked uncomfortable and said she 'd have to ask Canon Wheeler , from which Julia had inferred that they had hoped to get her for free . |
| 6 | The patient had first become aware of the symptoms six weeks after a hakim had started treating him for atopic eczema . |
| 7 | From the prologues to the Heautontimorumenos and the Adelphoe we know that his competitors had tried to discredit him for this . |
| 8 | If the Inspector had planned to unsettle me for some reason , he had succeeded . |
| 9 | She had vowed to honour him for better or for worse , just as he must honour her in sickness as he did in health . |
| 10 | Some said that their wives did not have ideal looks , but that they had chosen to marry them for other qualities . |