Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 3 | ‘ That he 'd arranged for the bank to cash cheques on his and my signature until all this is settled . ’ |
| 4 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 5 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 6 | He 'd trusted for the last time . |
| 7 | The one you 'd booked for the summer had apparently dropped out . ’ |
| 8 | It was an astonishing thing for a wife to say about her husband to a woman she 'd met for the first time . |
| 9 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 10 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 11 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 12 | October 11 : LANSA Curtiss C–46D Commando HK–750 , carrying false registration marks N–500 , entered Guatemalan airspace on a flight from Colombia without authority , believed destined for the USA , and crashed on a farm near Quirigua , Izabal province , 120 miles NE of Guatemala City , while attempting to force-land . |
| 13 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 14 | The welcoming party for Ali Bacher , first off the plane , and the 94-strong South African party was only a small one , comprising Jamaican and West Indian Board officials and assorted media , but all present knew they had witnessed a piece of history that only recently seemed destined for the next century . |
| 15 | That would have given it around 90% of seats in the lower house and , since the opposition would never accept that prospect , the bill seemed destined for the dustbin . |
| 16 | He 'd come half past seven to eight to pay us as we came to work , to hand us the money we 'd earnt for the last week , always keeping about three days in hand . |
| 17 | He reached for one of the sticks he 'd collected for the pheasant trap . |
| 18 | He remembered how she 'd sung for the passengers on the ship and how they 'd all liked her . |
| 19 | All he 'd got for the mite was a tatty old kite |
| 20 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 21 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 22 | Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change . |
| 23 | Ever since he had spanked her that night in the bungalow at Moascar garrison , she 'd yearned for the cane . |
| 24 | The blonde braid had fallen over her shoulder , shining honey-gold against the vivid jade of the T-shirt dress she 'd worn for the trip out here . |
| 25 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 26 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |
| 27 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 28 | I thought you said you 'd gone for the evening , Rosalind . ’ |
| 29 | When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle . |
| 30 | He came home to sleep and as soon as he woke after she 'd left for the Clinic , he went out . |