Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early 1980s , because of her past connection with the military establishment , intellectuals tended to shun her and rumours had it that she worked for the Chinese KGB , the Ministry of State Security . |
| 2 | The only possible savings would be from reductions in the number of teachers in the maintained schools , which would come about if parents were to stick to the survey preferences that they indicated for the independent sector . |
| 3 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 4 | Philip Leapor told Freemantle that he worked for the Blencowe family for five years following his daughter 's birth . |
| 5 | I went to Anastasiya Pavlovna 's , introduced myself , and she said , ‘ I 've got some works by Chagall , some studies that he did for the Jewish Theatre and several other works as well ’ . |