Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] for [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 2 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 3 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 4 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 5 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |
| 6 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 7 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 8 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
| 9 | they were having one here as well and erm they booked it for the day and they were staying there overnight , cos they were , they 've got a house and they were gon na let guests stay at their house and while they stayed up there and then |
| 10 | The Club Captain , John Gunne and Lady Captain , Josie McPhillips joined us for the Outing and for the evening celebrations . |
| 11 | They released me for the day and I sat in a cab desperately trying to keep calm whilst my mind raced through the practicalities of getting Mum back — cancelling the filming , getting the kids looked after for a while if … |
| 12 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 13 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 14 | Betty thanked her for the bucket and smiled at her , and Lydia , who , if Betty went on like this , might turn out to be quite human , decided that she would take her her breakfast in bed in the morning : thin crispy toast with a scraping of butter and golden clear jasmine tea , and an egg-cupful of harebells to remind her of the sky . |
| 15 | Mahoney thanked her for the meal and left , stepping out onto the pavement . |
| 16 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 17 | Jack , by then very famous , called him for a chat and asked if he needed anything . |
| 18 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 19 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 20 | Roland took him for a caricature and bristled vestigially with class irritation . |
| 21 | We saw it for a moment and then the match went out . |
| 22 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 23 | Mary had a metal cow she bought it for a tanner and every morning just at six she milked it with a |
| 24 | bought it for the dog and about fifty quid of it altogether |
| 25 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 26 | Well we had him for the weekend and er looking back on the weekend we were reasonably impressed with the man and his wife . |
| 27 | He held her for a while and they said nothing . |
| 28 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |