Example sentences of "[pron] for a [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 2 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 3 | These have countersunk screw holes , pointing in different directions — usually two for screws going into the back of the mirror frame , and one for a screw going into the wall . |
| 4 | I should love to read a reference by her for a maid leaving her employment … . |
| 5 | He obviously still took us for a couple holidaying together , and his embarrassment at intruding took the form of ignoring my presence . |