Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One afternoon we went for a walk to a nearby village where we met an old man with a stick and a long grey moustache who invited us home for tea . |
| 2 | Pupitres were adapted from these structures , although it is still uncertain who first employed them commercially for remuage . |
| 3 | Television cameras all over the place recorded everything both for news items that evening and for the two-hour Support Canadian Racing programme which posters everywhere announced was being made for a gala showing coast to coast after the triple had been completed in Vancouver . |
| 4 | He looked at us solemnly for a moment then , without a word , took us home for lunch . |
| 5 | In fact you made it too for seed if you did . |
| 6 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 7 | Do you think that the ladies who did abortions did it mainly for money , or wer was it sort of concern for ? |
| 8 | He shed his array of colour pencils , dropping them haphazard into the grass , hesitated whether to shed his tweed jacket , too , and then , considering its worn condition , buttoned it closely for protection instead . |
| 9 | Prior to 1980 , only thirty-one non-cognate candidates in total put themselves forward for examination , but in the period 1980–4 , eighty have gained membership , following the special examination route devised for them . |
| 10 | I do not think he married her particularly for love , but for the sake of his daughters , as people did in those days ; and it might have seemed that she was ideally suited for this , with her quiet , dignified manner , and she having been a housekeeper . |
| 11 | I could see Mum really had it hard for money . |
| 12 | Jake gazed across the dim dunes again , still gripping her in his arm : and it felt now as if he held her just for comfort — his own , perhaps , as much as hers . |
| 13 | I forgave him instantly for changing rooms three times . |
| 14 | Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing . |
| 15 | Richard 's hand gripped hers firmly for moment , then he was striding away , his loose coat flapping , his rather long hair ruffled by the wind that stirred the daffodils on the grass around them . |