Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 3 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 4 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 5 | He has seen her for all of 30 seconds . |
| 6 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 7 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 8 | The heroic all-rounder visited a specialist in London yesterday about a shoulder injury that has dogged him for some weeks . |
| 9 | Over the years , he has used it for many successful d-i-y projects . |
| 10 | HELENA Bonham-Carter , the actress , was yesterday granted a High Court injunction in London against a fan who has pestered her for several years . |
| 11 | Miss Bonham-Carter , whose great-grandfather was the Liberal premier , Lord Asquith , has claimed that Mr Farquharson , 27 , has pestered her for several years . |
| 12 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 13 | The £6 million Juventus player has finally been forced to accept that the cartilage damage which has troubled him for several weeks requires surgery . |
| 14 | I have set down the following experience as one that has haunted me for many years . |
| 15 | How do you think your career to date has fitted you for this particular job ? |
| 16 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 17 | ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch . |
| 18 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 19 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 20 | Eventually , Reid said , ‘ All Susan ever said about her father was that he was a grade-A shit who 'd ignored her for most of her life and thought money was a good substitute for love . |
| 21 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 22 | Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . " |
| 23 | they 'd have saved it for some empty classroom |
| 24 | You know they could have shot me for that . |
| 25 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 26 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 27 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 28 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 29 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 30 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |