Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 2 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 3 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 4 | How do you think your career to date has fitted you for this particular job ? |
| 5 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |
| 6 | We were all keen walkers , and enjoyed the challenge of remote places , but nothing in Britain could have prepared us for this close encounter of the furry kind . |
| 7 | ‘ No , I was looking for you and I would n't have figured you for this particular humming and vibrant example of the capital 's nightscene . ’ |
| 8 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 9 | Again , Karr had prepared him for this . |
| 10 | Nothing in Australian society nor in the easy commerce between don and undergraduate which she had witnessed and occasionally shared with Michael at Cambridge , had prepared her for this . |
| 11 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 12 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 15 | She also warned Quinn of the abrasive Kevin Brown , who had chosen her for this mission and had established himself in London with a team of eight to ‘ keep an eye on things ’ . |
| 16 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 17 | Oxfam sell Crakapax ( they have ordered them for this Christmas and are waiting for deliveries ) which contain pre-cut cracker shapes in metallic foil . |