Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | And then I agreed to do something for Émile that I did not wish to do , which made me ashamed . |
2 | ‘ I got to charge you for the call-out , ’ said the cop . |
3 | I tried to press him for some specifics , but he was n't saying much . |
4 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
5 | Because that was when I stopped taking it for granted . |
6 | I 'd loved him for as long as I could remember . |
7 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
8 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
9 | I 'd have ended up a patient if I 'd done it for much longer . |
10 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
11 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
12 | I 'd rigged it for her a while back in part payment for temporary accommodation after the house I 'd lived in in Southwark had accidentally been sort of totally damaged . |
13 | Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute |
14 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
15 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
16 | As for his own comeback to the official international cricket scene , Gatting admitted : ‘ I 'd taken nothing for granted . |
17 | I had no idea why I had brought the knife and what I 'd used it for . |
18 | Perhaps if I 'd entered him for the Champion Hurdle , he might have sold . |
19 | I knew I 'd got something for your Dad . ’ |
20 | I 'd told myself for weeks that our wedding night would be such a moving experience for both of us that you 'd suddenly realise you were in love with me , and tell me , and everything would end happily ever after . ’ |
21 | Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy . |
22 | When I calmed down I realized I was defending an organization I refused to be in , though I had nothing good to say for the one I 'd left it for . |
23 | The first time I wore this , I 'd had it for about two months and I was talking to Princess Margaret , but as we spoke , I could see she was following my hand with her eyes . |
24 | I said course you can I said I 'd had it for years like that . |
25 | cheaper than what I 'd had it for but I mean they always do something like that |
26 | That 's , I know , I forgot to record it for you . |
27 | I forgot to I know I forgot to record it for you . |
28 | I read both books this year and found them so interesting and closely related , that I decided to use them for my coursework . |
29 | Like many people , however , I decided to leave it for another day . |
30 | I then could nt bear to listen to the radio for the rest of the half , so I decided to occupy myself for 40 mins . |