Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 2 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 3 | Still , I had an overseas news radio set and sometimes at dusk when I turned it on for the BBC overseas news , the light on its dial welcomed me like a beacon from home . |
| 4 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 5 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 6 | ‘ The person who signed you up for the job in the first place , remember . ’ |
| 7 | I mentally signed him up for the STBO ( Stating the B — ng Obvious ) Club . |
| 8 | She fluffed it in rehearsal , but pulled it off for the cameras . |
| 9 | One of Alejandro 's sons playing back rode him off for the backhand and hit it up the field to his brother who dribbled it a few yards , then sliced it to Perdita . |
| 10 | His hands were not particularly robust , but he missed very few matches until June 1952 , when appendicitis ruled him out for the rest of the summer . |
| 11 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 12 | The centre forward , whom they nicknamed Ossie , wore his sideburns long and his shorts even longer — but at least he kept them on for the duration . |
| 13 | Pulling the centre-half back left a gap in midfield which needed a link man to pick up passes from defence and lay them on for the forwards . |
| 14 | ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next . |
| 15 | A long exile ended in 1989 when England manager Geoff Cooke , no longer able to ignore Hill 's superb form for all-conquering Bath , brought him back for the game against Fiji at Twickenham . |
| 16 | Jessica 's grandparents took her out for the day as father-of-four Mr Egerton , of Enfield , north London , recovered from Friday 's ordeal . |
| 17 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 18 | They knocked him off and dressed me up for the suit with arrows . ’ |
| 19 | But on what grounds will a teacher identify a pupil as F , and put him in for the F exam ? |
| 20 | Nancy was able to come to Bedford and a kindly Methodist lady put her up for the night . |
| 21 | They showed no sign of brotherly love as they battled it out for the runner-up spot before the record crowd . |
| 22 | The two head office teams battled it out for the top spot , but it was no surprise to see , a Bolton Sailing Club member along with his father , steer his craft over the line first . |
| 23 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 24 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 25 | I was saying , who 's the one that had you over for the barbecue ? |
| 26 | The latter victory was also somewhat remarkable as Cordwell , who is ranked one place above Reggi in 19th , was playing her first serious singles match since a back injury forced her out for the game almost six months ago . |
| 27 | The weather God had it in for the night patrol . |
| 28 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 29 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 30 | You held her down for the other one . |