Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what I got prison for the last time . |
| 2 | Late that afternoon we made a perfect three-point landing at the RCAF airstrip in Whitehorse , capital of the Yukon Territory , where I found shelter for the night in a bare but adequate room at the Whitehorse Hotel . |
| 3 | This entry , entitled Gravesend Quotes , has appeared since I installed Quote For The Day , so it 's a safe bet that it 's storing information for that program . |
| 4 | I think that evening I felt instinct for the first time — what not to do and what to do . |
| 5 | Yes er that 's been the essence of what I 've wanted is er I 've , I 've had to have what I 've wanted by hook or by crook , and I do n't mean crook in a bad sense , I mean one way or another , you know what I mean and er I did job for the casters , same as they did jobs for me , you know and that 's how I 've gone through life , that is Michael . |
| 6 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 7 | ‘ You got change for the machine ? ’ asks Des , and I step inside . |
| 8 | She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time . |
| 9 | She drew breath for the first time in three and a quarter hours . |
| 10 | Zambia hoped she 'd think SHe 'd bolt for the underworld after escaping . |
| 11 | He was there for some time , and was with her when she regained consciousness for the last time . ’ |
| 12 | Declaring that she believed she was speaking for everyone , she expressed gratitude for the splendour of the hospitality provided by La Belle France , thanked the president personally , and added a few more words of the sort which well-brought-up people employ on such occasions . |
| 13 | Mr Smith asked her to outline the Government 's plans for the community charge and whether she took responsibility for the effects of the tax : |
| 14 | Today she offered sympathy for the victims . |
| 15 | Just as she left bread for the Christ Child all those years ago . |
| 16 | She left cash for the telephone , erring in favour of overpayment , and put it in an envelope by the phone . |
| 17 | From what I could gather , we played crap for the first 20–25 minutes . |
| 18 | Then on our next project we raised money for the swimming pool that they required . |
| 19 | I half expected that when we pitched camp for the night there 'd be some sort of ceremony — I do n't know , burning a bundle of clothes or whatever . |
| 20 | I er , in fact , we , yeah , we just had a problem yesterday , we started work for the Royal Scotsman and erm well we started work for them , like last year and we 've been doing jobs |
| 21 | We struck south-west for the old Roman Road which runs from Newark to London . |
| 22 | We published Agenda for the 90's , a statement of RIBA policies ranging from Housing to the Environment and used it as a tool with which to lobby parliamentary candidates for the General Election . |
| 23 | Talking to the researcher about South Africa , they voiced sympathy for the plight of black South Africans . |
| 24 | They made music for the love of it . |
| 25 | They made room for the Russian . |
| 26 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 27 | The highlight of the visit was , they say , when they played football for the Wood Group team against chambers at Hazlehead Park and won 4-O . |
| 28 | George Bernard Shaw was altogether more worldly-wise , observing that ‘ all professions are conspiracies against the laity , ’ and while they affected contempt for the medieval craft guilds , with their closed shops , the professions were in reality based upon very similar principles . |
| 29 | Howard , a day 's march behind them , dispatched forty-three troopers under Lieutenant G. Bacon east to Targhee Pass to intercept the Nez Perce if they turned north for the Crow country . |
| 30 | When the 27-hour non-stop TV spectacular was last staged in 1990 , the Hampshire people proved as dotty as anyone in the bizarre ways they raised cash for the needy in the local community . |