Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 2 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 3 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 4 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 5 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 6 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
| 7 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 8 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 9 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 10 | He came back and hugged her for a while . |
| 11 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |
| 12 | I can do is , Mary had a metal cow she milked it with a spanner , she took it to the market and sold it for a tanner . |
| 13 | When the mobs rush forward in the Mall they are taking part in the last circus of a civilization that has lost faith in itself , and sold itself for a splendid triviality . |
| 14 | She felt an overwhelming urge to lick her lips and fought it for a while till her treacherous tongue simply shot out — only to be retracted slowly , under Lucenzo 's predatory eyes . |
| 15 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 16 | No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege . |
| 17 | The first year that they obtained a vintage of acceptable quality , he sent a dozen cases to his old régisseur to lay down , and invited him for a tasting . |
| 18 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 19 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 20 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 21 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 22 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 23 | Gordon Macpherson 's Prosen , a long arch of sound , eerie music from distant mountains with the instruments imitating and overlapping in echo effect , taught the ear to listen and prepared us for a fresh hearing of Tchaikovsky 's Souvenir de Florence , ravishing but not cloying , spinning to a close in the exacting fugue which made the composer laugh when he first played it . |
| 24 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 25 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 26 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 27 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 28 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her for a moment . |
| 29 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 30 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |