Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 2 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 3 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 4 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 5 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 6 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 7 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 8 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 9 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 10 | Determined not to re-enter blind institution life , I headed for the nearby technical college who would n't have me either . |
| 11 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 12 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 13 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 14 | In 1979 I interviewed for the first ( and last ) time the newly elected Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 15 | I developed so much skill that I could put together a 50 or 60 break and when I moved to York I played for the local Conservative club and reached the final of the York and District competition . |
| 16 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
| 17 | I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door . |
| 18 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 19 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 20 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 21 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 22 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 23 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 24 | I arrived for the American premiere and these ghosts made no sense at all . |
| 25 | But I paid for the first of March so I 've lost li literally fourteen days have n't |
| 26 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 27 | Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’ |
| 28 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 29 | Berger said , ‘ I acted for the best . |
| 30 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |