Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 2 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 3 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 4 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
| 5 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 6 | He came back and hugged her for a while . |
| 7 | I can do is , Mary had a metal cow she milked it with a spanner , she took it to the market and sold it for a tanner . |
| 8 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |
| 9 | She felt an overwhelming urge to lick her lips and fought it for a while till her treacherous tongue simply shot out — only to be retracted slowly , under Lucenzo 's predatory eyes . |
| 10 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 11 | No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege . |
| 12 | The first year that they obtained a vintage of acceptable quality , he sent a dozen cases to his old régisseur to lay down , and invited him for a tasting . |
| 13 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 14 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 15 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 16 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her for a moment . |
| 17 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 18 | As Ross monopolised her company , and claimed her for every dance , Laura was dimly aware that not only were her friends amazed , and frankly envious , but that she and Ross were the focus of all eyes , and much gossip . |
| 19 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 20 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 21 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 22 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 23 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 24 | The attendants folded the clothes and exchanged them for a token , before placing them upon tiers of racks . |
| 25 | When they reached the next chamber he extinguished it and exchanged it for the torch . |
| 26 | I stood and watched them for a while , training my binoculars on them and seeming , now and again in the shifting images of light , to discern structures around them . |
| 27 | Guido smiled , lifting one eyebrow , and watched her for a moment . |
| 28 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 29 | He multiplied the clones in the glasshouse and screened them for a variety of characters ( Fig. 16.3 ) . |
| 30 | Mr Wilbraham , together with one of the Tace managers Don Hammond ( managing director , components ) , and James Carr ( now finance director ) stepped in and acquired them for a consideration of £4m . |