Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 3 | If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 5 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 6 | Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend . |
| 7 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , Dacre came to find me for the purpose of asking my permission to address you , ’ said Kirtlington . |
| 9 | The name seemed to halt him for a moment , but when his hands were again moving over her , the scream she let out crying , ‘ Mother ! |
| 10 | He went up , and it 's first time he 'd seen her for a while and she said something about , oh he was supposed to have something but he got to hear this well it 's got nothing to do with all the others . |
| 11 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 12 | So let me lay before you my own ideas , most of which have come from the practical application of regression therapy with a wide variety of patients who came to consult me for an even wider variety of reasons . |
| 13 | She had not merely been a housekeeper but her qualities of efficiency , cheerfulness and gastronomic expertise seemed to fit her for the task of looking after this unusual pair . |
| 14 | Even though we 'd sold it for a ridiculously low . |
| 15 | The Quix supermarket had refused the box because they 'd ha although they 'd had it for a cert for quite a long time during the miner 's strike I think . |
| 16 | Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion . |
| 17 | Instinctively , I dipped my fingers in the holy water and crossed myself , remembering the Catholic aunt in South Armagh who 'd raised me for a while as a child and had anguished over my black little Protestant soul . |
| 18 | Perhaps if I 'd entered him for the Champion Hurdle , he might have sold . |
| 19 | His eyes seemed to study her for a moment . |
| 20 | Vass spread his long fingers over the chair arms and seemed to contemplate them for a moment . |
| 21 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 22 | Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment . |
| 23 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 24 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 25 | Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute |
| 26 | Luke 's kiss , withheld to torment her for a moment while he stared into her darkened eyes , was an insult when it came , and yet insufficient to her hunger , because his mouth was torn away from hers again almost at once , plunging to suckle hard at one exposed breast for several agonising seconds , the message blatant — she was desired , and despised . |
| 27 | At the war 's end , charity assembled to comfort her for a brief moment and whilst wishing her long life , nevertheless dispersed and never reassembled . |
| 28 | Only got to do it for a second . |
| 29 | Hamnett became irate and , alleging breach of contract and damage to her image , threatened to sue him for a £500,000 . |
| 30 | Goldwyn threatened to sue him for a million dollars , but Mayer convinced him that such a court case would cast a dim light on the entire industry . |