Example sentences of "[pron] [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of , two of them departed for a period of six months . |
| 2 | ‘ Has someone arranged for a wheelchair ? ’ |
| 3 | The two of them dated for a while , but it did n't work out . |
| 4 | The night outside was drizzling with rain , and everyone except himself hurried for a cab ; the flower-sellers were disconsolate . |
| 5 | He held himself poised for a moment , then he thrust hard into the boy 's body . |
| 6 | And if they do , are there still people like Chris Hunter to answer a thousand times a day : what have you got for a penny ? |
| 7 | The President ( currently Chaim Herzog ) is elected every five years , and appoints a Prime Minister ( currently Itzhak Shamir ) on the basis of the distribution of power between parties in the Knesset ( parliament ) , which is itself elected for a maximum of four years . |
| 8 | In 1954 , for example , one of them called for a majority of Africans to be on the unofficial , i.e. representative , benches of the legislative council within three years and for self-government within twenty to twenty-five years . |
| 9 | Had everyone fooled for a time , but she was wearing a body stocking . |
| 10 | An enormous tin trunk was brought down from the attic , and systematically packed with everything needed for a month 's holiday . |
| 11 | ‘ You had me worried for a minute . ’ |
| 12 | After writing off an £819,000 investment in an unquoted company , there is nothing left for a dividend for the third year running . |
| 13 | ( In Henry VIII 's reign , the great Dutch scholar Erasmus was given the benefice of Aldington in Kent and had it commuted for a pension of £20 , charged on the living . ) |
| 14 | Has he gone for a fortnight or a week ? |
| 15 | His speechwriting aides confessed themselves stumped for a Kinnockism worthy of inclusion in a dictionary of modern political quotations . |
| 16 | But whereas the mum-to-be would normally have found themselves admitted for a spell in hospital for monitoring , the centre can do it in a day . |