Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] they for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
| 2 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 3 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 4 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
| 5 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 6 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 7 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
| 8 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 9 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 10 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 11 | Yeah , they we got them for thirty so mind you |
| 12 | ‘ We designed them for this . |
| 13 | But Hampshire are top of the table and we outplayed them for two days . ’ |
| 14 | So he sold them for four X. |
| 15 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |
| 16 | He watched them for two minutes , but they did not move . |
| 17 | he bought them for three quid ? |
| 18 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |