Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 32 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 33 | I forgot myself for a moment back in the woods , it is true , ’ he admitted in a goaded voice , ‘ but the circumstances were exceptional . |
| 34 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 36 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 37 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 38 | I cursed him for a fool . |
| 39 | I kissed her for the last time as she lay in her hospital bed : the bedclothes were crisp and undisturbed , and she looked very clean , just as she would have wanted to ; and very small , because she was so old , and having started life none too big had ended up , at the age of ninety-one , not much bigger than a child . |
| 40 | Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us . |
| 41 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 42 | I killed him for no more reason than I wanted to do it . |
| 43 | I figured me for a piece of the five G's . ’ |
| 44 | As we left I thanked her for the ‘ nice tea ’ and off we went . |
| 45 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 46 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 47 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 48 | I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner . |
| 49 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 50 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 51 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
| 52 | I braced myself for the explosion but luckily it went between the wheels . |
| 53 | It was n't difficult ; I lost you for a moment when you covered your hair , but I know you too well for you to be able to hide from me . ’ |
| 54 | I wore one for a photo-session and it was great fun . |
| 55 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 56 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 57 | In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work . |
| 58 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 59 | ‘ I knew it for a bird at once . ’ |
| 60 | It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power . |