Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to press him for some specifics , but he was n't saying much . |
| 2 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 3 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 4 | Eventually , Reid said , ‘ All Susan ever said about her father was that he was a grade-A shit who 'd ignored her for most of her life and thought money was a good substitute for love . |
| 5 | Before his arrival she endeavoured to prepare herself for all exigencies , but this was difficult to do because she had no idea what sort of a man he was going to be . |
| 6 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 7 | credit card or trading check which can be used only in specific shops ) ; or it is unrestricted , where the borrower gets a loan of money which he could in practice use for whatever he wants ( even if he has in fact arranged to use it for some particular purpose ) . |
| 8 | He decided to smack her for this . |
| 9 | Like many people , however , I decided to leave it for another day . |
| 10 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 11 | ‘ Someone did ask us for some nude photos as well , ’ frowns Sam , desperately , ‘ But I reckon that was just people trying it on more than anything else . ’ |
| 12 | He had treated her for several months using her husband as an interpreter — as though her husband were an objective witness to her depression . |
| 13 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 14 | London University had interviewed me for both of the courses for which I had applied : Arabic and Economics , and Swahili and Commercial Law . |
| 15 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 16 | In addition to securing Commonwealth support for their position , the British sought to consolidate their own aviation policy into some definable form , something which had eluded them for several years . |
| 17 | Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution . |
| 18 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 19 | Again , Karr had prepared him for this . |
| 20 | Nothing had prepared me for that . |
| 21 | Shocking as the assault had been , it had prepared her for another encounter — an encounter with a youth of her own age , bewildered and uneasy , one called to high estate who found himself of a sudden alone on the edge of an abyss … |
| 22 | Nothing in Australian society nor in the easy commerce between don and undergraduate which she had witnessed and occasionally shared with Michael at Cambridge , had prepared her for this . |
| 23 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 24 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 25 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 26 | She had shot him for all the things he had done to her and her husband , shot him because , in the end , she still loved him , and it made his ultimate betrayal all the harder to bear . |
| 27 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 28 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 29 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 30 | Less than a month before the Gold Cup he had produced what for many experts was his best performance ever when bouncing around Kempton Park to win the Racing Post Chase under top weight . |