Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] for a [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 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 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 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 7 | Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge . |
| 8 | In the end she had taken the brooch back to the shop and exchanged it for a plain silver cross on a chain . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She refused the porter 's offer to crack open the bottle , and settled herself for a long wait . |
| 11 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 12 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 13 | Also a photo of all the officers of Walsall that I saw in a second hand shop and I went and bought it for a few pence . |
| 14 | He was supported by a most devoted wife who looked after him for many years until , late in his life , he rejected and abandoned her for a younger woman . |
| 15 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |