Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from Perdita , the Rutshire team for the Jack Gannon Cup consisted of Justin and Patrick Lombard , farmer 's sons who 'd spent their lives in the saddle and who made up for lack of finesse with dogged determination , and David Waterlane 's son , Mike , now nearly twenty-one , who played like an angel when his father was n't on the sideline bellowing at him . |
| 2 | In spite of her bulk she moved swiftly to grab the instrument , and she stepped back for fear it should be taken from her again . |
| 3 | Far below was the cobbled courtyard , the ancient walls of the castle , the drawbridge and the winding road leading back down the narrow valley towards civilisation , but she was trapped in this gaunt grey fortress with this brooding stranger , and she longed only for escape . |
| 4 | We went out to lunch to er Tesco 's we got to pick Christopher up from school and we went just for lunch time , that was quite nice |
| 5 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 6 | Kleenex was handed round so that we could dry our hands and we settled together for coffee . |
| 7 | The rest of the village was on stilts , a Southend pier of teak , and we stopped there for petrol and beer . |
| 8 | All four were fond of playing cards , and they met occasionally for whist or bridge , either at the Youngs ' or the Lovells ' newer house along the road to the north . |
| 9 | It was raining and there was this walkie-talkie twisting around my head , there was police hats rolling in the road , and they radioed in for assistance . |
| 10 | He was not tall , close to minimum height in fact , but he was stocky , and he made up for lack of inches with a pressing , high-speed manner which sometimes made people think he was all noise and movement and no intelligence . |
| 11 | Oh , and he signed up for accountancy of course . |
| 12 | By six o'clock he was weary and bad tempered and he set out for home . |
| 13 | Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer . |
| 14 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |