Example sentences of "for [pron] and [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now , a number of years later , I have seen some of God 's plans for them come about and realize how much he has cared for them and kept them safe .
2 There were several questions I would have liked to have put to them , but had I done so I would have altered the environment for them and made them hyper-conscious of their limitations .
3 I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse .
4 ‘ I had worked out what I thought was a good routine for him and had his personal stunt man run through the scene for him , ’ said Cannutt .
5 His abilities impressed A. C. Headlam [ q.v. ] , principal of King 's College , London , who secured lectureships in ecclesiastical history ( 1905–11 ) and patristics ( 1911–18 ) for him and made him sub-editor ( 1903–18 ) and later joint editor ( 1921–7 ) of the Church Quarterly Review .
6 Iorwerth reached out of the leaves for him and choked him mute , but the damage was done .
7 He held open the train door for her and heaved their two bags up to David .
8 It brought her four children who opened up the world for her and unlocked her own narrow viewpoint — though not enough , as events were to show .
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