Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 2 | Having met Hermione Farthingale , David lived with her for a year . |
| 3 | Not till later was it diagnosed that the mental breakdown which destroyed Hoskyns crept upon him for a year or more before he died . |
| 4 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
| 5 | Schellenberg brooded about it for a moment . |
| 6 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 7 | Bert looked at him for a full half minute . |
| 8 | Travis stared at her for a second or two , then reached for the champagne bottle . |
| 9 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 10 | And Hector sneered at him for a coward ! |
| 11 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 12 | Félicie waited with him for news of the birth , and during the anxious time Modi asked her for advice , knowing that Jeanne was too preoccupied in looking after him and coping with her mother 's often unhelpful interference to look after a new baby alone . |
| 13 | Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath . |
| 14 | Nancy moved among them for a while , making them welcome , peering into their pale faces with the object of discovering which were her grandchildren . |
| 15 | Perry stares at her for a moment , and then examines her arm . |
| 16 | When the bike 's owner , replete in heavy leather jacket appeared , Agassi chatted with him for a while before offering to buy the bike for £9,000 . |
| 17 | Mick stared at him for a moment , then again he said , ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
| 18 | Watch it for its parched melancholia : watch it for the fantastic innards-eaten Erich von Stroheim ; watch it and spot which tiny , yet central , image Spielberg nicked from it for ET . |
| 19 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 20 | He resented the assertion of Aquitainian authority coming hard on the heels of the Grandmont meeting and when Count William turned to him for help he responded by raiding the Vexin to draw Henry back north . |
| 21 | As well as coaching many of Britain 's leading international crews , Spracklen is a key member of the Oxford University team , and he will be returning from Canada in March to look after them for the last fortnight before the Boat Race . |
| 22 | Alyssia gazed at him for a fraction of a second , then she took his advice and walked back to the house , when what she wanted to do was run as far away as she could from it . |
| 23 | Piper squirmed between them for a moment , fighting to get free , then went limp . |
| 24 | When Christian left for London to begin his new life in the Methodist ministry , Seb took him to the railway station at Shipton-under-Wychwood in the farm 's gig and Carrie came with him for the ride . |
| 25 | The banks ' role in the economy is thus crucial , and this was underlined when Chancellor Kohl turned to them for help in rebuilding East Germany . |
| 26 | Vincente caddied for him for a while but it was an awkward role for a big brother . |
| 27 | Paul Devraux grinned at him for a moment , then raised a cynical eyebrow . |
| 28 | Big Percy Cherrett fed off him for two seasons but it was Peter Simpson who benefited most from the work of the talented left-winger and it is no coincidence that Peter scored more goals in each of the three seasons in which Clarke was his team-mate than in any of the succeeding campaigns . |
| 29 | During the civil war he cast cannon for the king , Prince Rupert staying with him for three days in October 1642 . |
| 30 | Before doing so , Father Duryea stared at them for many arduous minutes . |