Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [noun] [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of his men , apparently under orders from Epitot , were content to follow at a respectful distance as she and Karelius went for a stroll in the city . |
| 2 | Otley and I held on to him while Nigel searched for a large piece of wood to haul him out with , and in the meantime we had a close-up of the lush vegetation of the riverside : buttercups , forget-me-nots , dog roses and honeysuckle and the shy little water avens modestly hiding its peach-coloured face . |
| 3 | Bough tried to put his troubles behind him as guests arrived for a lunch yesterday held behind drawn curtains . |
| 4 | In Dresden , where he and Lichnowsky stayed for a week , Mozart heard a Mass by the court composer Naumann ( ‘ very weak stuff it was ’ ) performed at court . |
| 5 | Nails took his usual Ford Escort that night from the parking lot outside the gasworks where the night shift was working , the one he had a key for , and he and Gary went for a drive round the back streets where they would n't meet a patrol car , out into the country for ten miles or so and back again . |
| 6 | He and Liena conversed for a while before he announced his decision to wait there for the return of Tony and Ferdy ( the Germans ) , and Dave the American , asking me to take care of Liena on the way down . |