Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those members of the British Section delegation who had survived previous ICMs said nothing and waited for the strain to show . |
| 2 | Diplomatically , he took the golf bag from me and headed for the car park . |
| 3 | Corbett joined them and waited for the tankards to empty before good-naturedly bullying Ranulf into collecting their horses and making their way back on to the deserted track to Godstowe . |
| 4 | Mothers with small children particularly hated them and longed for a house with a garden ( Gittus , 1976 ) . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ Derby gave us plenty of problems when we drew there , but we stood up to them and worked for a result . |
| 6 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 7 | I chose as my subject the person of the Buddha , tried to relate his teaching to Christians , expressed my deep admiration for him and pleaded for a more tolerant and positive attitude towards the religion which he had founded . |
| 8 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 9 | Isabel saw his face go taut an instant before he whipped an arm around her and dived for the floor , taking her down with him . |
| 10 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 11 | Margaret inspected it and asked for a number of prints to be made . |
| 12 | As she spoke , Jack moved his hand gently on to hers and asked for the salt . |