Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |
| 2 | They asked me for more money . |
| 3 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 4 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 5 | About thirty nine quid they charged me for three . |
| 6 | But Charlton joint manager Alan Curbishley said : ‘ They slaughtered us for half an hour — but only half an hour . |
| 7 | But I know they blamed him for that . |
| 8 | They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours . |
| 9 | And they did it for 20-year-old centre-half Darren Salton , who is still in a coma and on a life support machine after Thursday 's road crash in which Paul Telfer was also injured . |
| 10 | to do they did mine for fifteen quid ! |
| 11 | but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason |