Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] for the " 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 | But coming from a theatrical background has prepared her for the highs and lows of an actor 's life . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 12 | I feel so comfortable with your mother and the whole time here has changed me for the better . ’ |
| 13 | He 's picked me for the Jack Gannon , and I 'm four months under age , and he says Hermia 's really improved . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | Er , probably Paul 's had it for the night . |
| 16 | It 's been bought by the man who 's run it for the RSPCA for the last eight years . |