Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [to-vb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And we 'd got to pay for it which was usually another five bob .
2 He showed me the location of Bentwaters in the old AA Book of the Road I always carried and then bought the two ounces of Red from me at four times what I 'd agreed to pay for it .
3 If I 'd tried to run for it .
4 But none of it was true — she 'd only said it to cover her own growing confusion , a confusion she now realised had come out of what she 'd begun to feel for him .
5 Hardly any of the men making these rash bids expected to live to pay for them .
6 But its possession , the sight and weight of it on her key ring , had come to symbolize for her the certainty and the trust of their friendship .
7 Benny was going to be able to go to University College , Dublin , to study for a BA degree because her parents had saved to pay for her .
8 She had promised to sing for them later in the evening if she was n't too tired .
9 Svend Larsen had told him that the farm was becoming vacant and had offered to negotiate for it on the Colonel 's behalf , the islanders not wanting incomers to buy up farms for weekend occupation only .
10 Her pains , which had started long before a frightened Rose , acting as an amateur midwife , had thought to send for him , had stopped — a bad sign .
11 Les , finally reunited with his beloved dog , was especially moved that no one who had helped to care for him would accept the £50 award .
12 He half hoped she 'd bring back a burnt-offering , the way she had so often in their first few months of marriage , when she had deigned to cook for him .
13 On stage with Harrison , 49 , were a group of musician friends , mainly from Eric Clapton 's band , whom he had asked to play for him .
14 The rest of the church had ceased to exist for him .
15 Later McAllister was to remember that afternoon spent in the stifling attic as a kind of nightmare punctuated by Dr Neil 's barked commands to her and Rose ; she had ceased to exist for him except as a pair of willing hands and legs .
16 She breathed in the cool Japanese atmosphere she had worked to create for him , looked at the slatted chairs , the pale greys , the yellows .
17 ‘ Helpful ’ was not the word Christina would have used , but Mr Braithwaite had grudgingly reached an accommodation with a local lawyer whom Stephen had retained to act for them .
18 As soon as the laundry maid told Topaz that the marquis was back , she had started to wait for him again .
19 Paul goes out of his way to say a heartfelt ‘ Thank you ’ to the Christian church in Philippi for the way that they had continued to care for him .
20 He had always been the gentleman with her , and if , at times , he had regretted what he would ultimately do to her , because he had begun to care for her more than his plan demanded , he could not let that deter him .
21 Forlani , 66 , had on May 17 withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency after up to 60 members of parties participating in the former ruling coalition , including many DC deputies , had failed to vote for him in the fifth , sixth and seventh rounds .
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