Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The air between them suddenly seemed static , as she fought for the words to justify her decision . |
| 2 | When the time came for the women to take their seats in the coach , Silas , Lucy and Jean stood to wave farewell . |
| 3 | The Kurds who worked for the Turks killed her husband and children . |
| 4 | William sighed as he reached for the matches to relight his pipe . |
| 5 | But in the fraction of time it took for the dogs to renew their attack , Angel One 's combat-trained eye registered something vital . |
| 6 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 7 | As we waited for the lights to change I noticed a sleek white sports car which had stopped at the foot of the church steps to take in a passenger . |
| 8 | It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute . |