Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [noun] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kosi left her plastic beaker of tea steaming gently on the nearest flat surface while she and Lars headed for the centre of the room . |
| 2 | The cover picture of a paperback edition of She and Allan published for popular consumption in 1960 implied that this was a ‘ romantic ’ novel , but the orthodox young , handsome ‘ hero ’ depicted there bears little relation to the ‘ insignificant and withered hunter ’ whose presence , helped by that of the warrior Umslopagaas , coolly acceptant of mystery , pulls this tale of Ayesha round into the robust atmosphere of Rider Haggard 's most typical African adventures . |
| 3 | A couple of his men , apparently under orders from Epitot , were content to follow at a respectful distance as she and Karelius went for a stroll in the city . |
| 4 | you and Billy knocked for me and |
| 5 | The door closed behind her and Lindsey sat for several minutes , trying to bring her feelings and emotions firmly back under control , finally having to hurry to carry out her ward round . |
| 6 | Otley and I held on to him while Nigel searched for a large piece of wood to haul him out with , and in the meantime we had a close-up of the lush vegetation of the riverside : buttercups , forget-me-nots , dog roses and honeysuckle and the shy little water avens modestly hiding its peach-coloured face . |
| 7 | Bough tried to put his troubles behind him as guests arrived for a lunch yesterday held behind drawn curtains . |
| 8 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Oliver called after him as Cobalt headed for the kitchen . |
| 9 | He and Constanze left for Prague on 25 August , once more leaving a tiny baby behind , and taking Mozart 's pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr with them to help with the composition . |
| 10 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 11 | In Dresden , where he and Lichnowsky stayed for a week , Mozart heard a Mass by the court composer Naumann ( ‘ very weak stuff it was ’ ) performed at court . |
| 12 | Nails took his usual Ford Escort that night from the parking lot outside the gasworks where the night shift was working , the one he had a key for , and he and Gary went for a drive round the back streets where they would n't meet a patrol car , out into the country for ten miles or so and back again . |
| 13 | They had not been back in London long before he and Ricky left for the West Indies . |
| 14 | Hardy produced a pack of cards and , after dividing Gleeson 's box between them , he and Laurel played for the cigarettes as the van lurched and swayed away from the court , through the town centre and out to H.M. |
| 15 | He and Liena conversed for a while before he announced his decision to wait there for the return of Tony and Ferdy ( the Germans ) , and Dave the American , asking me to take care of Liena on the way down . |
| 16 | Forgiving sin since Christ has died , forgiving sin is easy but it was , yet , it was the hardest thing that God could do because he could only do it when Christ died for us . |