Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 2 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 3 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 4 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 5 | I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’ |
| 6 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 7 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 8 | I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price . |
| 9 | ‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it . |
| 10 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 11 | ‘ You are so right , ’ the stranger said , always with that look of persiflage upon her face , ‘ there is nothing to a degree , unless you are a complete clod , I got mine for a bet — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 13 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 14 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 15 | I interviewed her for a nature programme . |
| 16 | ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’ |
| 17 | I forgot myself for a moment back in the woods , it is true , ’ he admitted in a goaded voice , ‘ but the circumstances were exceptional . |
| 18 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 19 | I cursed him for a fool . |
| 20 | I figured me for a piece of the five G's . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | I wore one for a photo-session and it was great fun . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | ‘ I knew it for a bird at once . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A few days after the Argentinian surrender , I saw her for a meeting on health service pay . |