Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] for [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then John got done for burglary and he was put away five days before I got out . |
| 2 | In 1983 , Aintree racecourse — the home of the Grand National — seemed destined for development and a public appeal had failed to raise the money necessary to purchase it for the nation . |
| 3 | He could remember the distant past and his family and friends , but ask him where he 'd just been , what he 'd had for lunch and which room he 'd just come out of , and he was stumped . |
| 4 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 5 | A. T. With the strike having taken place , everyone was jockeying , everyone that had sat for Sergeant and passed their exams , the only way they could see to get promotion was to report another man . |
| 6 | We had yearned for supremacy and now had too much of it too easily . |
| 7 | At the conclusion of his speech in New Delhi on 10 December Brezhnev had called for understanding and support for his initiative in India . |
| 8 | In the year before reprivatization , over 2500 workers had volunteered for redundancy and the very large Hebburn Yard had been abandoned , despite an occupation by workers of all the Tyne yards . |
| 9 | Uncle Albert had reached for pen and paper and was busy scribbling . |
| 10 | They had asked for stationery and the medals that you know . |
| 11 | Although I had hoped for justice and understanding when my story was known , that was not to be . |
| 12 | Politicians fueled rather than played down the belief that Britain should become , in the words of one politician , " a land fit for heroes " once " the war to end all wars " was won — in other words , that provision should be made for those who had fought for King and Country . |
| 13 | ‘ Patty alone of all the children felt that mamma was in that coffin , and that a new sadder life had begun for papa and herself . |