Example sentences of "he [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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1 | Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion . |
2 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
3 | His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years . |
4 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
5 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
6 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
7 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
8 | Previously he had blamed her for the lack of sexual satisfaction she gave him , experiencing her as semi-frigid and totally unexciting . |
9 | He had been found asleep on the floor of a taxi outside a night club and claimed he had hired it for the evening as his bedroom . |
10 | One thing she had to say about Dad , at least he had prepped her for the world she was going to have to live in . |