Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paid one of them £300 ‘ who , because I employed another to fit up my last room , out of pique arrested me for the balance . ’ |
| 2 | The cheerful holiday atmosphere and sophisticated pleasures of Oban held us for the weekend , and we were involved in a very entertaining water carnival . |
| 3 | Tonight the Minister of the big Methodist church in the township of Harare opened it for people of all colours and creeds to come and pray and find God 's plan . |
| 4 | Two of his greatest performances came in 1979 , with 5 for 38 in the World Cup final and 6 for 29 in the Gillette final for Somerset , although both times Richards pipped him for the match award . |
| 5 | A man in rags asked her for the price of a cup of tea . |
| 6 | I in turn thanked him for his careful encouragement and support at the various stages of the project . |
| 7 | The Yanks had in fact had them for some months in the Scullery apartment . |
| 8 | They rushed him through to Resus , and got him going again , and while Kathleen put the monitor leads on Jack checked him for injuries and ordered X-rays . |
| 9 | The girls at work admired her for living with a man and not being married to him , but she could forgo that pleasure , she thought , for the baby 's sake . |