Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argued about it for the rest of the afternoon , he becoming sullen and sorry , she remaining dispassionate , untouched-She was impressed by his sudden remorse . |
| 2 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 3 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 4 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 5 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 6 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 7 | It was full of pieces of paper , which he dropped behind him for the other boys to follow . |
| 8 | When Christian left for London to begin his new life in the Methodist ministry , Seb took him to the railway station at Shipton-under-Wychwood in the farm 's gig and Carrie came with him for the ride . |
| 9 | Johnny Miller played with us for the last two days . |
| 10 | Eliot borrowed from it for The Waste Land , thus making it permanently famous ; Pound could not have known of it in 1911 , but if he had then visited the Templars ' cavern-church in Aubeterre he could hardly have failed to remember it in the light of jessie Weston 's argument . |
| 11 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 12 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 13 | This was the start of the parrot legend which stuck to me for the rest of my career . |
| 14 | Can you please let me know what the position is with regard to order number 026 that I placed with you for the above tape to run it on VAX 3500 running ULTRIX , at either 6250 or 1600 bpi ? ( ordered on 12 May ) |
| 15 | Coming to the end of his account , he remembered the fate of the mason-overseer , Khaemhet , held responsible for the security of the prisoners deputed to him for the journey from the granite quarries to the Southern Capital . |
| 16 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
| 17 | I fell through everybody for the report . |
| 18 | Three who suffered particularly at the time were Richard and Phoebe Winch who lived just below the Centre and in whose house I often took my evening glass of ‘ allowed ’ claret , and Ann Willson who looked after me for the Saturday and Sunday . |
| 19 | When she reached it , she felt behind her for the handle . |
| 20 | It was the Colonel himself who taught me how to shoot , and I always went with him for the fishing . |
| 21 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 22 | His eye fell on it for the first time as it sprang onto the marble plinth and clutched at the neck of the vase to steady itself . |
| 23 | Nodding gently to himself , he reached beside him for the blanket . |
| 24 | All that mattered to him for the moment was the feel of the bedsheets angling Golden Girl northward . |
| 25 | We kept to ourselves for the rest of the day , taking food from the buttery and retiring early for we were both still exhausted after our journey from England . |
| 26 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 27 | He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done . |
| 28 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 29 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
| 30 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |