Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | When that news hits him , the narrator seems to crumble , even though a premonitory dream the night before has readied him for the shock . |
2 | I am glad that she has joined us for the debate . |
3 | But he has forsaken them for the moment , at least in his current Emmerich show , ‘ Some Very Recent Paintings ’ ( opening 14 January ) . |
4 | ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’ |
5 | But coming from a theatrical background has prepared her for the highs and lows of an actor 's life . |
6 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
7 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
8 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
9 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
10 | The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market . |
11 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
12 | ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’ |
13 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
14 | If he has become a hero to the Muslim masses outside , and probably to a lot of Third World non-Muslims , it is not on his merits , but because the United States , with gratuitous and superfluous aid from Britain , has cast him for the part . |
15 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
16 | The signing of Byrne is exciting … he gets goals … has scored them for a list of clubs … |
17 | KIND-HEARTED Jimmy Savile has fixed it for a badly-burned Romanian boy to have surgery in Britain . |
18 | The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed . |
19 | Just turned forty , Frank is married to his job , his wife has left him for a colleague , and when he encounters the sexually predatory Helen ( Ellen Barkin ) he breaks one of the first rules in the book by falling for a suspect . |
20 | Your wife has left you for a continuous period of two years . |
21 | I feel so comfortable with your mother and the whole time here has changed me for the better . ’ |
22 | He 's picked me for the Jack Gannon , and I 'm four months under age , and he says Hermia 's really improved . ’ |
23 | Guido 's won it for the past two years and he 's absolutely desperate to get a hat trick — though some of his rivals are equally desperate to see that he does n't . ’ |
24 | That he 's owed me for a year ! |
25 | and erm she 's had it for a couple of days but we thought she was getting over it this morning . |
26 | He 's had it for a week . |
27 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
28 | Er , probably Paul 's had it for the night . |
29 | No one 's touched it for a long , long time . |
30 | It 's been bought by the man who 's run it for the RSPCA for the last eight years . |