Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 2 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 3 | Now and then she lifted an eyeglass up and peered through it for a moment , and , evidently finding it useless at this distance , let it fall again , shaking her head in a frustrated way . |
| 4 | Both the New Criticism and Scrutiny were products of the modernist literary revolution , and drew on it for their methods and their assumptions . |
| 5 | Newton and Leibnitz discovered the principles of calculus at the same time ( and squabbled over it for twenty years ) ; Darwin thought of how the species evolved , but so did someone called A.R.Wallace , and at exactly the same time . |
| 6 | And stuck on it for life I think . |
| 7 | Len , as he was known to his legion of friends , was elected to Selkirk Town Council in 1956 and served on it for 18 years , as well as on the then county council for 14 years . |
| 8 | ‘ At the first sign of the housing collapse , we brought in Coopers & Lybrand and worked with them for about a year . |
| 9 | and worked for him for ten years on surveys and designs for many of his works . |
| 10 | He got up and walked over to the group of children and chatted with them for a moment . |
| 11 | He stood and looked at her for a moment longer , his eyes running over her scathingly , taking in the beautiful , angry face , the wide and annoyed grey eyes and the tall , slender figure concealed in such efficient garments . |
| 12 | He stood and looked at her for a moment , hands on hips , jaw set . |
| 13 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 14 | I regarded it with distaste , decided that the rain would have washed it reasonably clean , then dragged it clear of the bog myrtle and looked around me for somewhere to dump it out of sight . |
| 15 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 16 | I jerked the phone away from my ear and stared into it for a second . |
| 17 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 18 | She slid the geranium from her ear and stared at it for a moment , then shifted her gaze to her still unpacked cases by the door . |
| 19 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 20 | ‘ Comm 's working , ’ she said , and listened to it for a few more moments . |
| 21 | And then I realized that the little cup she 'd brought with her out of the sea , and gave to me for Adam — that little cup could be none other than Undry . ’ |
| 22 | Bryan even came to my home and scoffed at me for suggesting that he and the Duchess were lovers . |
| 23 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 24 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 25 | And Jeannie , I remember Jeannie well and wrote to her for a while , but she was not much of a correspondent . ’ |
| 26 | Screening was also required near Hill End , at 15 miles 77 chains , where the road from Bishop 's Castle drew close to the railway and ran beside it for a short distance . |
| 27 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 28 | I went up to him and gushed at him for about twenty minutes , told him we were making an album , asked him to sing on it and he said , ‘ Sure . ’ |
| 29 | Greg , Pippa , Emily , Tom and Bill all came over from America , and stayed with us for eight days . |
| 30 | My father looked after me on the long journey home , and sat with me for every minute . |