Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 2 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 3 | I made to reach for one . |
| 4 | In the end we compromised , Singh apologised and I agreed to pay for repairs to his sidelight . |
| 5 | I agreed to care for ‘ our ’ baby whilst her mother had a little happiness . |
| 6 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 7 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 8 | ‘ There was a time when I planned to live for ever , but the time has come to change those plans . ’ |
| 9 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 10 | ‘ I got shot for something I never did , ’ said Jason , who was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital for treatment . |
| 11 | She said I got to go for erm pregnancy test . |
| 12 | I got done for that . |
| 13 | It was like from head to toe there was these marks on my body where I had bruises , and I got done for police assault — I could n't believe it ! |
| 14 | I was dead thin and not eating anything and then I got sacked for gross misconduct , y'know , for never going in and that . |
| 15 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 16 | Then I got arrested for some petty thing , shoplifting . |
| 17 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
| 18 | I got picked for my maths yesterday . |
| 19 | I got accused for you ! |
| 20 | Probably at home , I got bollocksed for having them last night as well . |
| 21 | I tried to , er , I told I got criticised for slowing down too much , going into a corner on my dr driving test , I told Brown which corner it was , he took me round there three or four times to s today on my lesson , yeah , we 'll keep doing it till you get it right . |
| 22 | I got nicked for it at Low Newton . |
| 23 | I got paid for August which was quite clever really cos my date would of been sort of half way through to book my holiday |
| 24 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 25 | I expected to pay for twin-lens versatility with loss of picture quality , but this was n't the case at all . |
| 26 | Faldo said : ‘ I tried to go for it and at least I put a scare into the guys out there . |
| 27 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
| 28 | Above all I would like to thank the sector for your friendship and warm support , and I have every confidence that Sir Jeffrey , my successor , I assume that resolution two will go through unan , unanimously , will be car , will be able to carry forward with your warm support , the vision I tried to outline for the next year . |
| 29 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 30 | I must have mentioned how expensive my activities were becoming , because Suzy suggested that I tried applying for a grant . |