Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Janice , from her vantage point , managed to catch the eye of a boy to whom she had spoken on the boat , and terrorized , fascinated , he responded to her insinuations and oglings and came over to ask her for the pleasure of her hand . |
| 2 | Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time . |
| 3 | Caernarfonshire captain Dave Wallace said Llandudno had not engaged Barnes as a professional and did not pay him for playing . |
| 4 | In 1629 the King dissolved Parliament , castigating its leaders as ‘ vipers ’ , and did not recall it for eleven years . |
| 5 | Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds . |
| 6 | With his guilt over Anthony , he felt that at least she loved him and did n't blame him for the death . |
| 7 | I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family . |
| 8 | I was very , very sorry , but I just left the letter around and did n't see him for about three years . |
| 9 | Mr Fractor threatened him with a sum stretching right round the classroom if he did n't stay awake and had already punished him for not finishing his work on time . |
| 10 | New Zealand captain Martin Crowe said : ‘ The spinners dominated the match and ended up winning it for them . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And you immediately scented a mystery and set out to solve it for yourself ! ’ said Sophie in a voice of triumph . |