Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 2 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 3 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 4 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 5 | In addition to securing Commonwealth support for their position , the British sought to consolidate their own aviation policy into some definable form , something which had eluded them for several years . |
| 6 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 7 | London University had interviewed me for both of the courses for which I had applied : Arabic and Economics , and Swahili and Commercial Law . |
| 8 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 9 | For space close to the king was limited , and few occupied it for more than a decade or so , partly through accidents of mortality , partly through a career-structure in which the holding of high office in the royal household was often the prelude to a provincial post , but most of all through the play of faction around the king . |
| 10 | Nothing had prepared me for that . |
| 11 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |
| 12 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 13 | And although I 'm not I enjoyed the piping , I enjoyed But I was not at peace I says I says , you 've even ruined me for this . |
| 14 | You know they could have shot me for that . |
| 15 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 16 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 17 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 18 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 19 | Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution . |
| 20 | ‘ I have sought you for many a long day , ’ said Caspar , cheerfully , pursuing the rather frail ploy he had thought up earlier in case of precisely this eventuality . |
| 21 | Training at commercial art school will have prepared you for much of the work you will be doing in advertising . |
| 22 | Okay I that would have been okay in that particular case but you did come back to it as benefit , you say we have n't seen you for such a long time that was a not just look at your policies but to put a , a face to the name so I can become your point of reference |
| 23 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 24 | You know when I look vexed , I goes , because I hav n't seen you for few weeks , and he walked away , come are you walking back with us ? |
| 25 | I 've made one for each of you , of course . ’ |
| 26 | They were both free then , and must have still felt something for each other . |
| 27 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 28 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 29 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 30 | Shocking as the assault had been , it had prepared her for another encounter — an encounter with a youth of her own age , bewildered and uneasy , one called to high estate who found himself of a sudden alone on the edge of an abyss … |