Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] for [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 2 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 3 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 4 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 5 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 6 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 7 | The Tryons , in return , have frequently joined him for some fishing at Balmoral . |
| 8 | He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars ! |
| 9 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 10 | Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . " |