Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And , if I asked your father for your hand , you would support me ?
2 I have n't actually seen Charley since his return , as he called on Hamish while I was at work , but at lunchtime today I conveyed your presents for Christopher and Lydie to Jenners Rose Street restaurant and placed them in Inga 's hands ( a handy reminder to me of their birthdays , too ) .
3 But I made their locks for H M S Gothic .
4 ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’
5 ‘ I wish I shared your enthusiasm for change . ’
6 I sold my house for £78,000 but then the building society wanted a mundic test and as a result I had to knock £11,000 off .
7 And oh , we loved the intimacy of having them so close , close enough that when I rode my bicycle for ‘ Committee ’ through the ‘ vomitarium ’ separating one wedge of audience from the next I was able to steady myself by grasping the leg of a gentleman who had stretched it over the side .
8 I have a couple of mates who are Forest fans , and I got them tickets for the first game of the season .
9 And he he got he got my hand for five seconds and then I I got I got his hand for ten something like that .
10 And these I got our Carole for twelve ninety nine .
11 But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’
12 You really do think I helped your mother for my own ulterior motives . ’
13 I divorced my wife for smoking in the toilet !
14 In Los Angeles , where I lectured for a living , I pursued my fascination for the harmonic patterns and golden-mean ratios which run so consistently through the sacred art , music and architecture of both Western and oriental mystical traditions .
15 I noticed his concern for me , and I know he was concerned , but that might have been there all along .
16 I paid my friend for having her .
17 I received a straightforward message recently when I telephoned her flat for a chat : ‘ Elizabeth says she 's busy . ’
18 I hated my childhood for all that and it 's had a really traumatic effect on my life .
19 How I hated my elders for their frailty , for making me feel responsible for them .
20 I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time .
21 ‘ When I was 13 , I declared my love for a girl in the street , putting my knees on the ground , ’ he recalls .
22 I contacted your parents for your address — ’
23 But I blamed my body for what had happened , I hated it , I hated having breasts , I thought my body was saying : Hey , here I am , come and get me ! and I was terrified whenever I walked down the street .
24 I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 .
25 Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September .
26 And he added : ‘ I thanked my team for trying hard after the game , but I had to tell them they were outplayed by a better team .
27 At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive .
28 I heard your name for the first time .
29 Oh well the , the campaigns er I 'm , I 'm o I 'm only speaking actually about the , down here in Leith I started my campaign for er the er let's see , campaign for er introd reintroduction of free travel for the elderly .
30 In the interviews afterwards I lost my temper for , I think , the first and last time in the dispute .
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