Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper .
2 When the mobs rush forward in the Mall they are taking part in the last circus of a civilization that has lost faith in itself , and sold itself for a splendid triviality .
3 I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire .
4 She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind .
5 Gordon Macpherson 's Prosen , a long arch of sound , eerie music from distant mountains with the instruments imitating and overlapping in echo effect , taught the ear to listen and prepared us for a fresh hearing of Tchaikovsky 's Souvenir de Florence , ravishing but not cloying , spinning to a close in the exacting fugue which made the composer laugh when he first played it .
6 Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge .
7 In the end she had taken the brooch back to the shop and exchanged it for a plain silver cross on a chain .
8 The task of implementing this change of policy fell on Roger Brown , then editor in succession to Ralph Gee , who had been responsible for the printing of the paper for many years and edited it for a short period .
9 She refused the porter 's offer to crack open the bottle , and settled herself for a long wait .
10 I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast .
11 On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken .
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