Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This she had waited for all her life . |
| 2 | After all you 've done for that family . |
| 3 | I get very alarmed when people plan to shed all they 've got for this fleeting , ephemeral happiness . |
| 4 | And that 's what causes tragic failures like Matthew Smith and Augustus John — they 've done the Paris rat and they live ever after in the shadow of Gauguin and Matisse or whoever it may be — just as G.P. says he once lived under the shadow of Braque and suddenly woke up one morning to realize that all he had done for five years was a lie , because it was based on Braque 's eyes and sensibilities and not his own . |
| 5 | Although retired , Trevor continues to take an interest in the Stoddard Group as an agent for Lyles , keeping in touch with those he has known for many years . |