Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 2 | but I should like to examine it for a little longer . |
| 3 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 4 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 5 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 6 | After reading your December/January issue of Tennis World , I felt I must write to thank you for the article entitled ‘ Agassi — A Coach 's Dream ’ . |
| 7 | She 's a partner in a firm of solicitors in the High Street — well , she thought you might like to join us for a family Christmas dinner . |
| 8 | I think I 'll stop using it for a bit . |
| 9 | it finishes on the eighteen so I 'll have to book it for the previous Friday so Harry says oh that 's great it 'll be my birthday too . |
| 10 | I think may- , you know she thought maybe she might have kept it for an occasion |
| 11 | In his brown canvas boots , faded blue trousers , checked shirt and frayed cap , one might have mistaken him for a man of no consequence instead of a senior member of local government . |
| 12 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 13 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 14 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 15 | We 'll leave bathing it for the moment ; I must take care of Effie and the afterbirth . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd like to take it for a spin . |
| 17 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 18 | I 'd like to thank you for the feature Redundancy — Your Survival Guide ( September GH ) . |
| 19 | Erm , and I also understand that this is the first time you 've actually had someone from the private sector , er , whose been invited to er , address your A G M so , I 'd like to thank you for the privilege , and for also for the opportunity to speak on a subject which I personally er , find of of great interest . |
| 20 | Let's have a look at how you manage your time at the moment and how you 'd like to reorganize it for the future . |
| 21 | And at the end of the evening he said , ‘ Give me your number , I 'd like to have it for the future . ’ |
| 22 | But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures . |
| 23 | Just for a moment he met her eyes , his own very dark and filled with something that made her heart start to beat rapidly , high in her throat , yet nothing could have prepared her for the shock of what he said . |
| 24 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 25 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 26 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 27 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 28 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 29 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 30 | Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals . |