Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 2 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 3 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 4 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 5 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 6 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege . |
| 8 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 9 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 10 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 11 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 12 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 13 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 14 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 15 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 16 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 17 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 18 | The Chancellor gradually retired from acting as judge of first instance , and reserved himself for the Court of Appeal in Chancery and for the House of Lords . |
| 19 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 20 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 21 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 22 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 23 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 24 | At this point she burst into tears and blamed herself for the break-up of their relationship . |
| 25 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 26 | When they reached the next chamber he extinguished it and exchanged it for the torch . |
| 27 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 28 | I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast . |
| 29 | And braced myself for the deluge of his anger . |
| 30 | For some strange reason she could n't seem to relinquish her hold on the chain and braced herself for the wrench she was sure would follow when fitzAlan started towards the castle gates . |