Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? "
2 He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’
3 Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes .
4 A couple of months ago he took her out for a meal and she tried to kiss him .
5 The centre forward , whom they nicknamed Ossie , wore his sideburns long and his shorts even longer — but at least he kept them on for the duration .
6 He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands .
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