Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 2 | Bratby had obtained permission to paint in the roof area of the Victoria and Albert Museum and there Minton visited him for tutorials . |
| 3 | My mission , should I decide to accept it , was to find Jack Scamp for Malpass before Nevil found me for Jack Scamp . |
| 4 | Richard joined us for dinner , though he ate cautiously . |
| 5 | Branson bought it for £400,000 . |
| 6 | In 1960 his great rivals , Ladbrokes , went into the football business , and Hill sued them for infringement of the copyright in his coupon . |
| 7 | Speed was substituted early on and Pemberton came on giving Fairclough a hand ( although neither Chapman or Morley tested them for pace — basically because they have n't got any ) . |
| 8 | Jane kept hers for years . |
| 9 | When she first began to have coaching in horsemanship , she was obsessed with her progress and it was her main topic of conversation whenever Stephen joined them for dinner . |
| 10 | Kenny signed me for Liverpool . |
| 11 | He jumped down and grabbed one , I ran after him , trod on the screws , fell , hurting my gouty foot and breaking the blue vase Auntie Dolly gave us for christmas . |
| 12 | Rees , 25 , was on loan to Norwich from West Bromwich Albion when Dave Bassett signed him for £25,000 on transfer-deadline day . |
| 13 | Professor Thomas Gordon joined them for breakfast at the New Inn , after which they went to a Service at the ‘ English chapel ’ , that is to say , the Episcopalian , that is to say , the Anglican church in Scotland . |
| 14 | Springsteen tested it for comfort , then hid under the low coffee table , partly because it 's the only table I have and partly because it 's the ideal place to ambush somebody coming out of the bedroom with no shoes on . |
| 15 | Kalb had it for years and never saw the marks . ’ |
| 16 | They rushed him through to Resus , and got him going again , and while Kathleen put the monitor leads on Jack checked him for injuries and ordered X-rays . |
| 17 | The week Miles reviewed them for EVO they changed their name to the Pink Floyd . |
| 18 | MELLOR VISITED ME FOR TEA |
| 19 | Geoffrey Fisher prepared him for confirmation . |
| 20 | However , Peter was anxious to be on the move again in the winter of 1983–84 , so Luton signed him for £15,000 . |
| 21 | That Shirley and Gareth sent me for Christmas . |
| 22 | That Shirley and Gareth sent me for Christmas |
| 23 | Yeah , your cuddly rabbit that er Aunty Nicky bought you for Christmas were n't it ? |
| 24 | Miller commended him for success with Kalmia latifola , and Peter Collinson knew of no other man who could raise the ‘ dusty seeds of the Kalmias , Rhododendrons of Azaleas ’ as he did . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But even though Lewis used him for target practice with heavy right crosses and upper-cuts , he could not floor the durable American , who took a standing eight count early in the fourth round . |
| 27 | An injury time try by Keith Fielding won it for England against the brave Irish . |
| 28 | Joshua held her for half-an-hour , dozing contentedly . |
| 29 | Believe it or not , when Charles approached me for help , I saw the attraction of a company specialising in producing beautiful things , which also cares about the people who produce them . ’ |
| 30 | The former Clipstone Colliery linesman had his progress impeded by a string of top-class seamers during a frustrating period on the Nottinghamshire staff , and considered quitting the game before Ken Higgs recruited him for Leicestershire in 1990 . |