Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work on a new constitution began shortly after the June 1990 elections , but political differences within the parliamentary drafting commission delayed consideration of it for several months . |
| 2 | The bantering tone remained in Surere 's voice but he added edge to it for the last word or two . |
| 3 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 4 | The purchase of a tractor was often part-financed by the forest which made use of it for about half the year . |
| 5 | Others made use of it for axe or adze blades , among them the Indians of Amazonia , the Haida of Queen Charlotte Island , British Columbia , and the Eskimos of the Kobuk river , Alaska . |
| 6 | As the organisers could n't find any reason to suppress it or reject it , they dumped the piece behind screens where it could no longer be seen and we lost sight of it for the whole exhibition . |
| 7 | He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 8 | By the terms of their appointment many foresters of fee were supposed to provide underforesters at their own expense , but in practice some took money from them for their appointment . |
| 9 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 10 | In a review of the first edition of this book , Sara Mills took issue with me for pessimistically implying that linguistic reform is impossible ; she pointed out , and I think with some justice , that my analysis risks leaving women with no way to hit back when they are confronted with sexist language , at least until after the revolution . |
| 11 | Silvio took care of it for me . ’ |
| 12 | I had sight of it for five minutes and decided to use it . ’ |
| 13 | Two men then ransacked her house while another stood guard over her for half an hour . |
| 14 | She spread hay over him for warmth , but it seemed as if the fever would shake him to pieces . |