Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hosepipe ban made it hard for Pa to water during the hours of daylight . |
| 2 | Their presence made it hard for the women to rescue the corpses of the drowned , and many bodies had to be abandoned to them . |
| 3 | Scott regarded him impassively for a moment . |
| 4 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |
| 5 | The councillors loved it , and journalists filed it away for some distant future when Mr Portillo might feature in a Conservative leadership election , writes Valerie Elliott . |
| 6 | Gwenellen relieved me again for my night meal at one-thirty . |
| 7 | He said the children 's history of abuse and separation made it hard for them to trust anyone . |
| 8 | If his work kept him late for a meal , he had satirical reproaches cast upon his head by the landlady . |
| 9 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 10 | Kee kept them quite for as long as he could and then from nowhere … from nothing United burst into life and went and took the lead … |
| 11 | That upbringing served him well for Robert Redford 's Thirties drama The River Runs Through It , adapted from a novel by Norman MacLean about family conflict and fly fishing . |
| 12 | All who knew Victor respected him both for his depth of knowledge of VAT , particularly in the land and property area , and for the innate wisdom and common sense he showed in advising his many friends and clients . |
| 13 | It was true that the chains ' capacity for negotiating good deals made it hard for the family-run business to keep going , and they had many letters offering businesses for sale , and the price of shops was coming down all the time . |
| 14 | The third kick splintered it enough for her to break it off . |
| 15 | Do you think that the ladies who did abortions did it mainly for money , or wer was it sort of concern for ? |
| 16 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 17 | The American woman watched him intently for several minutes , a commotion of half-forgotten sensations stirring within her , but if he had noticed her presence he gave no sign . |
| 18 | Gabriel held me together for so long . |
| 19 | Medau interested her enough for Olive to take part in our first training course and she was also a member of one of our early display teams . |
| 20 | Last autumn a conference in Toronto brought them together for an update and planning meeting . |
| 21 | The man took her aside for a moment . |
| 22 | Pa bought it at Faversham market where the man gave it away for ten pounds . |
| 23 | Do you know what Tracey wanted me earlier for ? |
| 24 | Notts County made it hard for Swindon to get a point and a play off place . |
| 25 | Trainer Richard Hannon entered her yesterday for the Hambro Countrywide Fillies Stakes at Newmarket and the Daily Mail Leisure Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday . |
| 26 | As this liaison officer recognised , the basic level of skills training equipped them only for unskilled work and they had to learn to cope with compromise : |
| 27 | ‘ My pupils accompanied me here for a fortnight 's holiday during which they would acquire the art of fish cookery . ’ |
| 28 | It was a mammoth task , but Finniston considers that his scientific background fitted him well for the challenge . |
| 29 | When Horowitz was asked by the New York Times ( printed on January 24th , 1950 , the day after the Sonata 's Carnegie Hall première ) if Barber wrote it specifically for him , the pianist explained : ‘ But he did n't . |
| 30 | Richard 's hand gripped hers firmly for moment , then he was striding away , his loose coat flapping , his rather long hair ruffled by the wind that stirred the daffodils on the grass around them . |