Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was eleven o'clock at night , Shelley had already showered ready for bed , and now stood dressed only in her bathrobe , her feet bare . |
| 2 | She had not done that for a long time . |
| 3 | Even after his first round of 69 , Woosnam was still maintaining that he had not been looking forward to playing , that it had not done much for his confidence and that he was still very nervous with the putter in his hand . |
| 4 | When I met Francis on the first occasion in that throne room , life had not turned sour for him . |
| 5 | It had always seemed possible for a ‘ device ’ to be hidden in a golf-bag . |
| 6 | It was the first time that she had ever felt sorry for anyone . |
| 7 | Only Billie had ever done this for him . |
| 8 | The room he was looking into was stripped of all furniture and decoration ; if anybody had occupied this house since Sartori 's time — and it surely had n't stood empty for two hundred years — they had gone , taking every trace of their presence . |
| 9 | He had n't admitted this for fear it would disqualify him from this part of the mission , and anyway he had thought he would feel safe behind the comforting protection of a pump-action . |
| 10 | It had earlier looked promising for White , as breaks of 73 , 64 , and 52 helped him cruise into a 4-2 lead . |
| 11 | BEN Johnson last night rejected claims that he had again tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs . |
| 12 | So I mean , I had actually paid more for hers er , than , you know . |