Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 2 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 3 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 4 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 5 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |
| 6 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 7 | They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents . |
| 8 | Managing the boat , he was in total command , and she admired him for the ease with which he wove between the countless busy craft , the pleasure boats , gondolas and the small and large ferries , his eyes constantly alert . |
| 9 | The cold was within his heart now , and he knew it for the heartcold of the truly bereft . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , for example , he believed certain things which were wrong ( such as the tenets of Unitarianism ) , and he believed them for the wrong reasons ( such as the theistic proofs ) . |
| 11 | And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won . |
| 12 | We all do things together and it lifted us for the game on Saturday . |
| 13 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 14 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 15 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 16 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 17 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 18 | But it did nothing for the glass . |