Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That 's why he left me for some other woman — one who did n't booze and do embarrassing things , or get moody , or stupid , or passionate . ’ |
| 32 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |
| 33 | ‘ He left her for dead . |
| 34 | His membership of the Conservative party was to prove of short duration and he left it for good just before the government of 1931 was formed . |
| 35 | Rewarded with a seat on the Privy Council , he held it for less than a month , dying of apoplexy 20 July 1675 . |
| 36 | At eighteen he 'd married a beautiful young girl of seventeen , who died when he was twenty-five , and he mourned her for ten years . |
| 37 | They sat in the corner and he pumped her for any information she might have gleaned from Wickham . |