Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | At the war 's end , charity assembled to comfort her for a brief moment and whilst wishing her long life , nevertheless dispersed and never reassembled . |
| 3 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 4 | For some years , it was used by the American Church , which offered to buy it for a substantial sum from the London diocese when its lease expired ; but the offer was refused and the church declared redundant . |
| 5 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 6 | I wanted to thank you for the wonderful pair of walking boots — a prize from the February issue of Outdoor Action . |