Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 2 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 3 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name . |
| 5 | The extraordinary circumstances of the last three days have bound us together for a minimum of eighteen hours a day , breakfast , lunch and dinner , and we 've got to know each other well . |
| 6 | things which have brought them here for the afternoon . |
| 7 | Clearly he 'd brought her here for a purpose … |
| 8 | What if it had been some lunatic who sounded like her , someone who had lured her here for a reason . |
| 9 | He should have been at boarding school , but his mother , who loved him very much , had brought him home for a month or two , because she thought his health was delicate . |
| 10 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 11 | To constitute an offence under those sections the waste must have been deposited on an unlicensed site or in breach of the conditions in the licence , must amount to an ‘ environmental hazard ’ and must have been deposited in such circumstances or for such a period that whoever deposited it there may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it there or to have brought it there for the purpose of its being disposed as waste . |
| 12 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 13 | I 'll sign in when I 've put her away for the night . ’ |
| 14 | It had taken until the long , open left-hander that leads down into Glen Kinglas before my erection had finally subsided , and that had been mostly naked fear ; Verity had lost it just for a second , the rear of the car nudging out towards the wrong side of the road as we whanged round the bend . |
| 15 | After a heart-to-heart talk , she had gently ordered him home for the rest of the week , and since that time they had been friends in a reserved sort of way . |