Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did he really have all that in the kitchen or had she sent out for it ? |
| 2 | At 6 he was dispatched to a school at Great Dunham kept by the rector , Richard Ransome , where he remained , enjoying only very brief holidays , until he went to Eton ; nor did he go home for all of his holidays . |
| 3 | He had thought that that would be the last he would hear of her , but a few days later she had sent him her first piece , and he had been so impressed by it that he had printed it and asked her to write more for him . |
| 4 | I rang Seddon at home before he left for New Scotland Yard and asked him to find out for me the names of the officers who had dealt with the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 5 | AN EMPLOYEE stole his boss 's BMW car and sold it to make up for wages he had not been paid , a court heard . |
| 6 | Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance . |
| 7 | When we were in port he let me off work and allowed me to go ashore for as long as I wanted : " After all , you 're here to see these places . |
| 8 | I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half . |
| 9 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 10 | I gave Owen 's parents the address of the Hyperactive Children 's Support Group ( HACSG ) and suggested they write off for the HACSG diet sheet ( based on the Feingold diet ) . |