Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
| 2 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That he 'd arranged for the bank to cash cheques on his and my signature until all this is settled . ’ |
| 4 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 5 | She 'd looked for an opening and had had to contrive her entry . |
| 6 | Gorelli , he 'd won for a while , but now he was losing , and he was losing big . |
| 7 | The one you 'd booked for the summer had apparently dropped out . ’ |
| 8 | But the intricacies , I know more about Europe , eventually , and other countries , due to not being having a a briefing by a Headmaster for half an hour of something The group of us , he had eight to ten of us in the room trying to prime us on what we 'd missed for a year . |
| 9 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 10 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 11 | October 11 : LANSA Curtiss C–46D Commando HK–750 , carrying false registration marks N–500 , entered Guatemalan airspace on a flight from Colombia without authority , believed destined for the USA , and crashed on a farm near Quirigua , Izabal province , 120 miles NE of Guatemala City , while attempting to force-land . |
| 12 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 13 | Even his genetic code was noted , from when he 'd applied for a work permit , but no matter how subtly Reynard interrogated , no matter how bright his ideas of lateral interrogation , every time he drew blank . |
| 14 | His regrets about not meeting Tyson might evaporate if they opened the gates of the Indiana youth centre tomorrow , especially as Holyfield seemed made for an opponent who is currently America 's most famous jailbird . |
| 15 | While Diana seemed destined for a life of unskilled , low-paying jobs , she was not that much out of the ordinary for girls of her class and background . |
| 16 | Then three years ago , she lost her hearing and seemed destined for a life of isolation before she underwent the operation . |
| 17 | He seemed destined for a career as an engineer like his father , but with much brighter prospects . |
| 18 | That would have given it around 90% of seats in the lower house and , since the opposition would never accept that prospect , the bill seemed destined for the dustbin . |
| 19 | He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house . |
| 20 | He reached for one of the sticks he 'd collected for the pheasant trap . |
| 21 | He remembered how she 'd sung for the passengers on the ship and how they 'd all liked her . |
| 22 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 23 | All he 'd got for the mite was a tatty old kite |
| 24 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 25 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 26 | Even his clothes seemed worn for a purpose , blending with the greens and browns of their surroundings . |
| 27 | Ever since he had spanked her that night in the bungalow at Moascar garrison , she 'd yearned for the cane . |
| 28 | The blonde braid had fallen over her shoulder , shining honey-gold against the vivid jade of the T-shirt dress she 'd worn for the trip out here . |
| 29 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 30 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |