Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were Sergeant Rose , whom everyone remembered for his fine singing voice , and Bob Lilley , married and at nearly 40 one of the oldest operatives . |
| 2 | There was nothing I longed for more than to get into my car , slam the door behind me , close out this looming world of rage and violence . |
| 3 | George , whom I looked for first , was in his office eating a fat ragged beef sandwich and drinking diet Coke . |
| 4 | Still , this orgy of food and sex would have suited the dear departed Peter Langan ( with whom I worked for four years ) very nicely . |
| 5 | I I quoted for a rolled screw once , yeah and my buying price from I 'm talking about a year and half ago , was higher than 's quoted price for a ground bore screw . |
| 6 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 7 | The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers |
| 8 | She loves those lacy things you know by and do you remember I I bought for them for Christmas I bought her a tissue box with that beautiful lace cover ? |
| 9 | It was I who cared for her murdered child through his last days . ’ |
| 10 | If I could not believe in the sovereignty of God when it was my son lying there how could I tell someone who came for counselling , suffering the whims of a very insensitive partner , ‘ You continue to honour God in this situation . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe it was somethin' she had for breakfast , ’ Sonny said . |
| 12 | ‘ I was asking what you 'd do if you discovered someone you cared for was doing wrong . |
| 13 | Er I myself went for the nearest exit which was out a window , I assume everyone else erm panicked and I could hear quite a few people running running down the corridor from the first floor . |
| 14 | ‘ My GP prescribed an oral antibiotic which I took for five months , but it did n't do anything . |
| 15 | I found nothing noteworthy except on one , possibly the leader , who had a considerable amount of silver which I pocketed for distribution to the poor . |
| 16 | Jesus Christ several times appeared to her with a sweet and gracious countenance , saying to her to rouse her courage , ‘ remember my love , that the bed of the cross on which I died for love of you was harder , narrower and more painful than that on which you are now lying' ’ . |
| 17 | In my diary I recognised it almost from the beginning , probably because I made no connection between it and non-eating , but seemed to have ascribed it to being overworked academically or being hounded into sporting activities which I resented for their profound pointlessness . |
| 18 | I was playing guitar in a group which I ran for a while , and then had some success with a couple of singles . |
| 19 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |
| 21 | The role which I adopted for studying the process was that of non-participant observer . |
| 22 | The process which I adopted for validating my accounts of the various meetings I attended , may have undermined my stance as a non-participant . |
| 23 | This is a campaign booklet which I prepared for the RCN 's Association of Nursing Students in 1985 ; much of it also applies to returning nurses . |
| 24 | However I do not recall hearing of any problem every being experienced by low-flying military hardware or cruise-level GA over Madley Earth Station which I managed for several years prior to my retirement last year , and which I believe is a much larger facility than Oakhanger . |
| 25 | I went from that to a Gibson EB3 , then to a Rickenbacker 4001 , which I had for a long time . |
| 26 | And one of the differences that anorexia can become much more visible and identifiable , whereas those of us who have experienced bulimia , which I had for thirteen years , can be extremely secret and well disguised because we normally do n't change from normal body weight . |
| 27 | Er and er I say I signed the pledge never to touch intoxicating liquors , which I kept for until I was thirty five . |
| 28 | I poured him a glass of the special malt which I kept for the rare occasions of celebration or consolation in my life . |
| 29 | And so here this rural craft er thing which I wrote for which you asked me which is arriving from the last minutes , is I 'll read it out to you . |
| 30 | All through this conversation he had the impression that Frank no longer sneered ; and as he went back to Liverpool he was sure that he was more tolerant and sympathetic and ‘ was willing to grant that there was some sense in some of the things which I longed for him to share ’ . |