Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |
| 2 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 3 | " Another bloke wrote them for me . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 5 | Woosnam himself , angry at the time of the incident at the 13th , said this week that ‘ only a few people spoilt it for a lot ’ . |
| 6 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 7 | At least he would know then about Mark , realise that at least one person in this world knew him for what he really was . |
| 8 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 9 | Well he 's saying that that bloke mistook him for somebody else then ? |
| 10 | Lord John had hoped that his friend would accompany him , but he sensed how much Manvell despised him for so easily surrendering to Sharpe 's threat . |
| 11 | Further , those who requested such facilities wanted them for others — those who had been ‘ mollycoddled ’ by their parents and by their teachers in special schools — rather than for themselves . |
| 12 | I happened to let slip how much James gave me for it . |
| 13 | But many biologists took it for granted that the main purpose of evolutionism was to elucidate the precise course of life 's development from its earliest origins . |
| 14 | Doubts about the genuineness of his own faith troubled him for many years . |
| 15 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 16 | Whatever the merits of their looks , enough customers loved them for them to be sold out . |
| 17 | Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust . |