Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that news hits him , the narrator seems to crumble , even though a premonitory dream the night before has readied him for the shock . |
| 2 | I am glad that she has joined us for the debate . |
| 3 | But he has forsaken them for the moment , at least in his current Emmerich show , ‘ Some Very Recent Paintings ’ ( opening 14 January ) . |
| 4 | ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’ |
| 5 | But coming from a theatrical background has prepared her for the highs and lows of an actor 's life . |
| 6 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
| 7 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 8 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 9 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 10 | The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market . |
| 11 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 12 | ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’ |
| 13 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
| 14 | If he has become a hero to the Muslim masses outside , and probably to a lot of Third World non-Muslims , it is not on his merits , but because the United States , with gratuitous and superfluous aid from Britain , has cast him for the part . |
| 15 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 16 | The signing of Byrne is exciting … he gets goals … has scored them for a list of clubs … |
| 17 | KIND-HEARTED Jimmy Savile has fixed it for a badly-burned Romanian boy to have surgery in Britain . |
| 18 | The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed . |
| 19 | Just turned forty , Frank is married to his job , his wife has left him for a colleague , and when he encounters the sexually predatory Helen ( Ellen Barkin ) he breaks one of the first rules in the book by falling for a suspect . |
| 20 | Your wife has left you for a continuous period of two years . |
| 21 | I feel so comfortable with your mother and the whole time here has changed me for the better . ’ |
| 22 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 24 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 25 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
| 26 | He went up , and it 's first time he 'd seen her for a while and she said something about , oh he was supposed to have something but he got to hear this well it 's got nothing to do with all the others . |
| 27 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 28 | Even though we 'd sold it for a ridiculously low . |
| 29 | The Quix supermarket had refused the box because they 'd ha although they 'd had it for a cert for quite a long time during the miner 's strike I think . |
| 30 | Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion . |