Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of , two of them departed for a period of six months . |
| 2 | The two of them dated for a while , but it did n't work out . |
| 3 | And if they do , are there still people like Chris Hunter to answer a thousand times a day : what have you got for a penny ? |
| 4 | What sort of safety training had you had for an evacuation or in fact a a slow evacuation from the platform while you were out there ? |
| 5 | Have you budgeted for an ENGINE BREAKDOWN ? |
| 6 | In 1954 , for example , one of them called for a majority of Africans to be on the unofficial , i.e. representative , benches of the legislative council within three years and for self-government within twenty to twenty-five years . |
| 7 | ‘ You had me worried for a minute . ’ |
| 8 | Then the Burewala Bombshell started to work Smith over , kicking a bouncer high over him then hitting him in the box , before having him caught for a duck , pushing to midwicket as he swung his body behind a fixed forward prod : 27 for 2 . |
| 9 | He paused , and all the boiling thoughts inside him strained for an outlet . |
| 10 | ( In Henry VIII 's reign , the great Dutch scholar Erasmus was given the benefice of Aldington in Kent and had it commuted for a pension of £20 , charged on the living . ) |
| 11 | Has he gone for a fortnight or a week ? |
| 12 | Robert half-expected the whole cycle to start again , so long had he waited for an answer to this question . |
| 13 | We need to move this into the next stage which is to get it managed for a sports field , sports ground properly . |