Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Did this er , going back to Helliwells again , repairing of the aircraft , did that cease when the war finished or did it continue for a time afterwards ?
2 The ‘ snake ’ did not have any provision for strong currency nations to help the weak , nor did it provide for the harmonisation of national economic policies .
3 I keep remembering the last night we were here — same hotel and all — and how Matt and I went out and got stinko-paralytico together and ended up doing the Zorba dance and got thrown out and Matt pointing at me and saying to the waiters Hey do n't you recognize Mista Rick from Parkway Peninsula and they did n't and made us pay for the plates .
4 The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council .
5 Teesside Crown Court was told Ninham had offered to give the boys money for fireworks and encouraged them to go for a walk with him and his dog .
6 I sat with her , gave her my drink bottle , stuffed her with glucose and encouraged her to rest for a while .
7 Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College .
8 Gascoigne went up to each player in the dressing-room before the kick-off , roughly shook him , and demanded he die for the club and the cause .
9 Hawk built a fire in the courtyard , and kept it burning for a week , producing dried wood from God knows where .
10 Although he made a huge bonfire of his papers and correspondence in 1916 , and kept it going for a few days , Edward preserved all her letters along with his notebooks .
11 Two boys who were rescued from the fighting in Lebanon are back tonight at the hospital that rebuilt their bodies and gave them hope for the future .
12 Prior to writing the script , I had made a list of the cast , designated local actors for the various roles and had them called for the 2pm ‘ woodshed ’ run-through .
13 ( In Henry VIII 's reign , the great Dutch scholar Erasmus was given the benefice of Aldington in Kent and had it commuted for a pension of £20 , charged on the living . )
14 They clasped hands and held them clasped for a time .
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