Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six Hampdens were lost , three of them through running out of fuel on the return . |
| 2 | I 'm bound to say that I meet a lot of people who praise me for speaking up , but do n't speak up themselves . |
| 3 | ‘ And please forgive me for butting in on you like this . |
| 4 | Jean-Claude would be pleased with me for staying out of the attic . |
| 5 | ‘ Franca , girl , forgive me for walking in , I had the key , remember , from when you gave it to me when I was staying here when I was getting better . |
| 6 | I thought you were still mad at me for carrying on my work and then I thought you were just waiting for Maria Luisa to come back before … oh , before making your decision … ’ |
| 7 | He had n't the truth out of me for going on three days . |
| 8 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 9 | But you have to admit you do look very young and innocent , so you ca n't blame me for putting on the Big Daddy bit . ’ |
| 10 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 11 | She had a go at me for pulling out a You know you Just er the other week we walked from where was it ? |
| 12 | A LETTER reproves me for singling out rotten spelling in other places , notably The Guardian , and goes on to point out that this magazine is not immune . |
| 13 | And he hates me for giving in to them , and for seeing how he 's shrunk . |
| 14 | Right people here at half past three , if I have to tell them about fooling about . |
| 15 | ‘ However , current Education Minister John Patten said he regarded Church schools as making a crucial contribution to education but he had n't actually consulted them about opting out . ’ |
| 16 | I use them for breaking down annual goals , to monthly goals . |
| 17 | A policeman had suspected them for loitering about , they would n't give a reasonable explanation or account of themselves . |
| 18 | The Incident happened in the 1930s when a Hartlepool couple were jailed for attacking a shop owner who 'd remonstrated with them for drinking out of the vinegar bottle . |
| 19 | ‘ But how can President Aquino overhaul the leadership of the armed forces after she has already commended them for putting down the coup ? ’ asks a congressman and former military officer , Mr Bonifacio Gillego . |
| 20 | Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings . |
| 21 | Do use them for mopping up the blood on the new road . |
| 22 | And er , I thought I 'd probably have wall paper on that wall , you know , use , use the curtains just as plenty of fullness , but have them for keeping out the light or keeping in the heat , |
| 23 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 24 | He did n't say anything to me about renting out his house . |
| 25 | You used to go on at me about getting out . |
| 26 | ‘ Anna warned me about sitting out in the sun , but … ’ |
| 27 | The new plough will be ready any day now and already I 've had farmers come and see me about turning over both new and old ground for them . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ Nothing worth sticking around for here . |
| 29 | That period of his life also freed him for his experiments in other kinds of theatre which , although he never reverted to them after taking on his Stuttgart responsibilities , enriched his subsequent work . |
| 30 | A team of police officers swooped on the men 's home in Penny Lane at 9am yesterday and arrested them after breaking down the front door . |