Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benny sprinted for the doors she had come in by , but already more guards were arriving from their stations , and the first few shots buzzed past her . |
| 2 | But nobody cared for the stones he told And he sat all alone of a night Until one day a traveller came in from the cold A sorry and miserable sight . |
| 3 | As she made for the doors she was suddenly halted by the realization that she had no money with her . |
| 4 | Thurot 's first attempt to land in Ireland , near Londonderry , was a failure and one of his ships became separated and never rejoined him , leaving four to turn up next on the Isle of Islay off the coast of Argyll in western Scotland , where , with a courtesy rare among invaders , he paid for the provisions he needed . |
| 5 | Ha ha I paid for the tickets I 'm gon na drink it . |
| 6 | ‘ If you worked for the Times you 'd have known John . |
| 7 | When the phone was in its cradle , Jessica reached for the clothes she had discarded . |
| 8 | Flipping back through the pile of loose pages again , he looked for the words he had written about the dark-haired princess who had so generously , so openly acknowledged his presence , the girl to whom ( surely ) he would have been able to tell The Truth . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the reading I did for the lectures I was called to give as a ‘ drugs expert ’ generated queries about such ambiguous areas as victimless crimes and interference in private acts , and altogether raised more questions than were solved . |
| 10 | The words finished on a long , drawn breath while she waited for the words she had no wish to hear . |