Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for [pron] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er , I told him all about it , and I said I do n't know what happened to I spoke to somebody last Monday and he was coming down immediately for it , so he sort of said , well I 'll come down for it , there 's a different one , he got , and he came down for it and he took it , so er , . |
| 2 | ‘ Then Orient came in for me and I could not have been happier with the way things worked out . ’ |
| 3 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 4 | It was my mother who stuck up for me and in the end he came around and now him and my baby are inseparable . |
| 5 | They sat on a bench in the Flower Walk , the beautifully tended beds laid out for them and all the tulips listening attentively , and Maggie broke the rule of her lifetime and told Hermione about Fenna . |
| 6 | I went in for it and I came third . |
| 7 | He reached out for her and pulled her into his arms , looking down at her , his hand against her face . |
| 8 | ‘ Wolves forward Paul Cook spoke up for me and said he was out of control . |
| 9 | Uncle waited up for me and was so cross that I was really frightened . |
| 10 | I stood up for him and said it was rubbish , and told all the black players to quit training . |
| 11 | At this point apparently , Pliny became unwell ; he lay down on a cloth spread out for him and twice asked for water to drink . |