Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 2 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |
| 3 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 4 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 5 | and then if you needed it for the further education you could use it |
| 6 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 7 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 8 | It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers . |
| 9 | Instinctively her hand drew the sheet higher before she chided herself for the gesture . |
| 10 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |
| 11 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 12 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
| 13 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |
| 14 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 16 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |
| 17 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |
| 18 | So when he called you for the Comeback Special , was that something you did happily ? |
| 19 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 20 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 21 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 22 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |