Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 2 | Fallon , also enjoying the most important success of his career , said : ‘ The stands ’ side led us for a furlong , but our side was in command after that . ’ |
| 3 | His glance met hers for a brief , breathtaking moment , before he started forward , his stride slow , and rangy . |
| 4 | A journalist interviewed him for a book about his family , and when The Nielsons appeared , it made no mention at all of his professional life . |
| 5 | A pale blue light puzzled him for a moment , until he realised that it was the Calor gas stove in the galley . |
| 6 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 7 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 8 | The light dazzled us for a bare ten years with its brilliance , before it was extinguished . |
| 9 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
| 10 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who fired a catapult at a low-flying Sri Lankan air force helicopter yesterday was wounded when the copter 's gunner mistook him for a Tamil terrorist and shot back at him . |
| 11 | In 1954 the publishing firm Methuen approached him for a Christmas card , as did the National Marriage Guidance Council , the latter printing 6,700 copies of his design . |
| 12 | His gaze held hers for a moment , then , turning abruptly , he went out . |
| 13 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 14 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 15 | Horsler 's appointment to control British Coal 's marketing strategy came amid reports that his business experience as national contracts director suited him for a negotiating role . |
| 16 | Her husband left her for a job in the Arabian Gulf one year ago , and apart from regular maintenance , neither she nor the children have heard from him since . |
| 17 | A stunning young woman whose husband left her for a woman twenty years older than himself , never forgave him for it . |
| 18 | Mr Gill 's wife nominated him for the prize for his purchase of the ‘ Astronomicon ’ , a poem in Latin verse on astronomy and astrology of around 1455–60 by Basinio da Parma , dedicated to Malatesta Novello , lord of Cesena , and probably made in Rimini . |
| 19 | The sister watched her for a while , then sent the nurse on an errand . |
| 20 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 21 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 22 | One day , after a particularly good school report , Father took me for a walk past a second-hand bookstore where I often browsed enviously . |
| 23 | Sometimes I would catch her looking at me with such intensity of feeling that my breath left me for a moment . |
| 24 | His father intended him for an army career , but that and a project for farming in the colonies came to nothing ; and by 1885 he was living hand to mouth in Chelsea as an illustrator and journalist . |
| 25 | Once , Barry 's daughter asked him for an autograph . |
| 26 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 27 | Nicholas 's voice checked him for a moment but when he turned he saw that the taxi driver was out of the cab and attempting to restrain him . |
| 28 | The music soothed her for a while but the needle stuck in a groove suddenly and she wept in response , despairing . |
| 29 | When our reporter thanked him for the interview , Britain 's friendliest bus driver said : ‘ You are most welcome . ’ |
| 30 | I admit love deserted me for a moment , but I pretty soon realised that this was not her fault . |