Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They asked me for more money .
2 The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’
3 The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’
4 They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours .
5 And they did it for 20-year-old centre-half Darren Salton , who is still in a coma and on a life support machine after Thursday 's road crash in which Paul Telfer was also injured .
6 to do they did mine for fifteen quid !
7 but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason
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