Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [noun prp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
| 2 | The following Saturday morning I asked Granpa for a couple of hours off . |
| 3 | I mean it 's it 's happened and I was ha I was so interested in the subject that I asked Mr for a copy of the report where it goes back in the history and of course it is the history of trading standards and , and so on . |
| 4 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 5 | ‘ When I beat Nick for the Barcelona Open it gave me a three-year exemption on the tour but it turned out to be a £90,000 exemption — that 's what it cost me to keep playing until I lost it in 1991 . ’ |
| 6 | I admired George for the care and attention he gave to Lennie . |
| 7 | I tipped Arsenal for the championship at the start of the season and that 's the measure of respect I have for them because they are so resolute . |
| 8 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 9 | ‘ You had those inhibitions — that 's why I needed Miguelito for a little while . |
| 10 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 11 | Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling . |
| 12 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 13 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 14 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 15 | ‘ I took Sally for a walk . |
| 16 | This emerges in the form of a dreary Swedish mantra along the lines of ‘ He tried to beat mee , but I beat heem , and so I won Weembledon for the first time . ’ |
| 17 | At the time when Jesus was born , Herod the Great was the ‘ puppet king ’ who ruled Palestine for the Romans . |
| 18 | In her insistent way she asked Jane for the loan of a field in which to hold a charity fair . |
| 19 | Clare still swapped one night a week off with Stephanie and reported subsequent events to Gilda , who now managed the shoe shop : occasionally she visited Clare for an evening meal . |
| 20 | She hated Nora for the double betrayal and swore that she would never forgive her . |
| 21 | So in the company of Mrs Hunnard and Mr Johnstone ( who appeared , an awkward fourth , at the last moment ) she followed Robert for a viewing . |
| 22 | 681 to Malmesbury ( CS 59 : S 71 ) , and a certain Berhtwald , possibly the nephew of Aethelred , who befriended Wilfrid for a time c . |
| 23 | New owners , who bought Wentworth for an almost " give-away " £17 million , instructed a Japanese firm to raise £32 million for a 40 per cent equity , and investors were targeted in Japan , Hong Kong and Sweden . |
| 24 | That view is inevitably contested by Ram Kishen , 73 , a socialist who won Bharatpur for the opposition in 1977 , and who is a contender along with Miss Kaur for selection as candidate this year . |
| 25 | Nigel Jones , who won Cheltenham for the Liberal Democrats has been named front bench spokesman on housing and local government . |
| 26 | Their devastated father Garry — a computer company executive who left England for a new life in Ireland 20 years ago -said : ‘ I am so numb at the loss of my two beautiful children . |
| 27 | In the middle of July she left Paris for a brief trip to England . |
| 28 | Just before she left England for the travels during which she acquired this souvenir , Johnson tore up all her letters in his anger at her marriage with the Italian musician Gabriele Piozzi . |
| 29 | we had Roy and then we had Simon for a bit and then we decided because it was n't working altogether an Edinburgh person and a Glasgow person |
| 30 | Firstly we had Robbie for a teacher and he certainly was awkward . |