Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that so many of them played together for the Lions will be an important help . ’ |
| 2 | The women lived with it — some of them came here for a week and then went back to it . |
| 3 | Yes and and then when the lifeboat came , the Eday and and Sanday and them a lot of them came across for the dances , the lifeboat dances , it was really I would say the best time |
| 4 | This was no surprise : neither of them cared much for Granny . |
| 5 | The prince 's young bride lay a short distance away beside her sisters-in-law , all of them huddled together for warmth and sleeping fast , exhausted by the trials and tribulations of a distressing day . |
| 6 | It was the crime of the century , but most of them paid dearly for it . |
| 7 | Some of them stood uncomplainingly for ten hours , only shoving a bundle past them a little more forcefully than necessary . |
| 8 | When Christmas came round , many of them stayed there for the festivities . |
| 9 | Every time one of us leaned forward for the salt the flames wavered and curtsied with ridiculous deference , like three nervous waitresses . |