Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was taller by a good inch than when she had last seen him , or he looked so for being noticeably thinner . |
| 2 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 3 | She went back into the house and I waited outside for a while enjoying the cool breeze . |
| 4 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 5 | I was only born there and I lived there for about six months and then got taken out . |
| 6 | My lover and I lived together for eight years and then when we got rid of the greengrocer 's shop , he ‘ went back to mother ’ . |
| 7 | Dr Tehyi Hsieh took five curtain calls after that lecture , and I went back-stage for an interview afterwards . |
| 8 | And I went right for the flag . |
| 9 | Yes , her and I went together for seventeen year , before us got married . ’ |
| 10 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 11 | To get somewhere for my caddying I felt I had to travel , and I left home for my first tournament in 1951 at St Andrews for the Amateur Championship . |
| 12 | The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock . |
| 13 | And I saw then for certain |
| 14 | That summer the maternal grandmother 's gift of a Ramadan feast was brought without question to the family majlis , and the young Sheikh , his friends and I sat together for those last painful moments of the first day of Ramadan . |
| 15 | I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job . |
| 16 | The Luggnuggians are polite and generous people , and I stayed here for three months . |
| 17 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 18 | And I cried solidly for four days . |
| 19 | Fen opened the bedroom door and she waited tensely for him to close it behind him and be gone , so that she could give vent to the misery that threatened to swamp her . |
| 20 | Thus she monitored many clients whose situation was felt to be unstable , and she negotiated widely for other services . |
| 21 | Far below was the cobbled courtyard , the ancient walls of the castle , the drawbridge and the winding road leading back down the narrow valley towards civilisation , but she was trapped in this gaunt grey fortress with this brooding stranger , and she longed only for escape . |
| 22 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 23 | He fondled her between her long legs for a long time , and she remained still for him . |
| 24 | I was already friendly with Tate , and Eddie knew him through the shop , so we soon made a threesome and we kept together for nearly fifty years . ’ |
| 25 | We went out to lunch to er Tesco 's we got to pick Christopher up from school and we went just for lunch time , that was quite nice |
| 26 | And we went there for the Christmas one did n't we ? |
| 27 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 28 | We walked from Little Thomham to Steams of Shimpling ; and we walked there for a week . |
| 29 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 30 | Shortly afterwards we moved to , and we lived there for many years . |