Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was none of the violence of illness in it , no writhing or moaning , and it was never impatient or irritable when Kalchu tried to feed it or probed it for sores . |
| 2 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 3 | He talked with them in his study or took them for walks in the park . |
| 4 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 5 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 6 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 7 | They were always touching each other ; they fucked the lecturers and asked them for money for drugs . |
| 8 | Then went to the Citizen 's Advice Bureau ( CAB ) at Wembley , as my husband had suggested , and asked them for information about how to join a union . |
| 9 | Syl 's mother disapproved of this most bitterly and rebuked me for waste . |
| 10 | A group of Czech teenagers allegedly made a few hundred copies of locally-produced computer software packages and sold them for $10 a piece , after advertising them via direct mail-shots . |
| 11 | However , the investor who had the luck or foresight to predict the fall could have bought November puts with an exercise price of 260p for 10p and sold them for 25p making a gross profit of 150 per cent . |
| 12 | Elia Kazan kept the cameras rolling and caught it for posterity . |
| 13 | During this fabulous weekend , we cut out our material , linings and so on and prepared them for sewing . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , very few people will appreciate just how much time , effort and sheer innovative thinking has gone into making the engine look similar to how it would look had we merely pressure washed the outside and mounted it for display . |
| 15 | After hearing the evidence the justices announced that they found him guilty , but on hearing of his previous convictions they decided that they would not deal with the case and committed him for trial to quarter sessions . |
| 16 | Webb 's Patent Sewer Lamps , which extracted gas from the sewers below the streets and burned it for street lighting . |
| 17 | The geologists took the nodules back to the laboratory and soaked them for months in acetic acid . |
| 18 | And once , as she filmed in WPc uniform in London 's Shepherd 's Bush market , a woman who had been mugged thought she was the real Bill and begged her for help . |
| 19 | When at the end his brothers poured out their guilt and begged him for forgiveness , he replied with the words , ‘ Fear not , for am I in the place of God ? ’ |
| 20 | I screwed the note into a ball and threw it for Springsteen to play with . |
| 21 | Eliza Bunce was the widow of the Revd John Bunce ( died 1786 ) , vicar of St Stephen 's , who encouraged Dixon 's writing and corrected it for publication . |
| 22 | Relentlessly he made them repeat every movement and worked them for hours on end until they were perfectly in unison . |
| 23 | In September 1985 , the second defendant collected the reliquary and packed it for shipment to the plaintiff , Cleveland Museum of Art . |
| 24 | Erika thawed , melted , forgave Fritz , for which he was pathetically grateful , and sent him for fruit juice while she looked for Paul who was happily playing table tennis . |
| 25 | First , I would clean the fireside , get the fire going , put a clean cloth on the table and lay it for breakfast . |
| 26 | All these years he had had it and kept it for safety and secrecy 's sake inside a boring medical book . |
| 27 | I thought ‘ interesting ’ and kept it for pet for about three weeks ; I called it George , and people would give me extra helpings ‘ because you 're eating for two now . ’ |
| 28 | Mike Duffy , a sound engineer with Britain 's most successful production team of Stock , Aitken and Waterman , heard Kylie 's rendition of the song and re-recorded it for Mushroom . |
| 29 | The dealer subsequently repaired it and advertised it for sale at £136 . |
| 30 | Mary became worried Alex was not progressing well and took him for tests . |