Example sentences of "[vb past] for [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It posed for them the question , ‘ Are we still the people of God ? ’ |
| 2 | No one was within earshot , they were miles from anywhere , it seemed , and even if she jumped in the river and swam for it the chance that she would outmanoeuvre him in the water was slim . |
| 3 | It died for me the moment I found Mason in her bed . ’ |
| 4 | She felt sorry for him once more ; she felt for him the compassion of an older sister , and at that point she did something quite unpremeditated : as she kept on walking , she turned her head back towards him , smiled and lifted her right arm out in the air , easily , flowingly , as if she were tossing a brightly coloured ball . |
| 5 | It represented for her the opportunity to move from a life of manual labour to a life of intellectual labour . |