Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one general 's wife who looked like a peasant in disguise and another woman whose get-up produced ill-concealed mirth among the assembly , but an icy glance from the Empress soon punished us for it . |
| 2 | You do n't we were u we had to use the immersion did n't we cos w we moved in in the June and Lofty and Brian said well do n't have it done cos you 're not gon na use until August so we they did it August time for us so but we did n't use Servowarm cos it had blown up , they just disconnected it for us , so we used the ho the immersion heater |
| 3 | The Sheikha usually made them for her . |
| 4 | and I 've only just started , still got two people outstanding so I 've got that forty pound and I put that into the building society and use that forty pounds for months see so it kind of like saved it for me , I 've managed , had to do without it |
| 5 | Some difficulties were experienced in the interpretation of SCOTVEC guidance documents , but this was to be expected as we were one of the first colleges to be involved in developing units for the HNC Pilot Scheme , and telephone communication with the SCOTVEC Curriculum Development Officers , who were most helpful , usually resolved them for us . |
| 6 | And I do n't think he ever forgave me for it you know . |
| 7 | The outing was set up by her former Tory MP , the late Richard Holt , who also fixed it for her to take her first flight — an 80-minute trip over the Bay of Biscay in Concorde — when she was 109 . |
| 8 | I liked the idea of other people feeling sorry for me , even though I also despised them for it , because I was n't worth their sympathy and that made them fools . |
| 9 | I took my poor mouth to Martha McGilchrist , who exasperatedly drained it for me . |
| 10 | She even asked her for them ; she asked her what she thought she should do . |
| 11 | Luckily we had a strong team and managed to gain a lot of points which ultimately clinched it for us . ’ |
| 12 | The poor shopkeeper was so bemused he actually opened it for her and the pushchair came out first . |
| 13 | A stunning young woman whose husband left her for a woman twenty years older than himself , never forgave him for it . |