Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , if I asked your father for your hand , you would support me ? |
| 2 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I wish I shared your enthusiasm for change . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ ’ |
| 8 | You really do think I helped your mother for my own ulterior motives . ’ |
| 9 | I divorced my wife for smoking in the toilet ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I noticed his concern for me , and I know he was concerned , but that might have been there all along . |
| 12 | I paid my friend for having her . |
| 13 | I received a straightforward message recently when I telephoned her flat for a chat : ‘ Elizabeth says she 's busy . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I hated my childhood for all that and it 's had a really traumatic effect on my life . |
| 15 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 16 | ‘ When I was 13 , I declared my love for a girl in the street , putting my knees on the ground , ’ he recalls . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I heard your name for the first time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the interviews afterwards I lost my temper for , I think , the first and last time in the dispute . |
| 24 | I do n't really remember what happened , because I lost my memory for 2 months afterwards . |
| 25 | I knew my class for Primary 7 , + had met no-one in it yet . |
| 26 | The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way . |
| 27 | That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape . |
| 28 | And I think that is why er er I acquired my taste for it , still I read a lot . |
| 29 | I kept my job for three months after I was married . |
| 30 | ‘ She spent Christmas with me and my wife Pam and I took her dog for a walk . ’ |