Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fascinated Athelstan watched the strange hand signs which Philippa translated for him . |
| 2 | Jerome made for him , heavy and urgent with news . |
| 3 | Gatting , back after serving three years of a five-year ban for his part in the rebel tour of South Africa , has unselfishly not forgotten how Gower fought for him to be his understudy in the sub-continent . |
| 4 | Arthur Nicholls cared for her wonderfully — I think he often stayed awake all night . |
| 5 | Soft music filled Helen 's rooms , and she and Edward looked so happy that Sophie rejoiced for them . |
| 6 | King demonstrated for me how easy it was to knock up a backing track in his home studio and then erase it again at the touch of a button . |
| 7 | This intense phase of remarkable activity was a prime reason why Yorkshire won the county championship seven times in the ten summers Verity played for them . |
| 8 | They moved to a flat in Kensington that Ken financed for them — to the point that he made Carry On Regardless solely to recoup some of his losses . |
| 9 | Golly , I ca n't remember what Richard paid for it , actually . |
| 10 | ‘ Certainly found it cured a few problems , ’ André finished for her . |
| 11 | Irene Markham indicated for her to sit down and she perched on the very edge of an upright chair suddenly feeling quite miserable and wishing she had n't come . |
| 12 | Lucy grabbed for it ; she was choking with the grip on her throat . |
| 13 | Percy Feilding fell for it hook , line and sinker and ended by buying this , the most perfect small Tudor house in Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd have liked Naylor to come into the firm , ’ Guthrie answered for him . |
| 15 | ‘ He came back to the dressing room in tears , ’ Pat remembered for me . |
| 16 | Hare did admit to Ian Wright , who caddied for Seve Ballesteros , that he would feel intimidated if Wright carried for him at La Manga . |
| 17 | Hare did admit to Ian Wright , who caddied for Seve Ballesteros , that he would feel intimidated if Wright carried for him at La Manga . |
| 18 | The words fell into the silence and Hari waited for him to continue . |
| 19 | the same a as what Ann had for theirs I mean we 've had it for a year and paid all that rent . |
| 20 | It might have been better to handle the sale more discreetly through dealer Angela Nevill , but either way they could never fetch the prices Bond paid for them ’ . |
| 21 | Boeing paid for it all , and perhaps it would be well for the more cynically-minded who believe aircraft manufacturers are only in the business to make money to remember that Boeing had no legal obligation to contribute a single penny . |
| 22 | I finally stopped going to school when Charlie did , and Eva arranged for me to go to a college where I could finish my A levels . |
| 23 | ’ — Or they might not , ’ Alexei finished for him . |
| 24 | ‘ Just a little something Ellie brought for me . ’ |
| 25 | Chantal reached for it and spoke briefly before handing the receiver to him . |
| 26 | Miss Havisham sent for him , ’ she replied . |
| 27 | It was too tempting a target , and the Zeppelin aimed for it with the last of its deadly cargo , but this time , they overshot the mark . |
| 28 | Simon Swan answered for them all . |
| 29 | JEALOUS Jerry Hall is quizzing staff at the chateau Mick Jagger bought for her — about claims he spent secret nights there with Carla Bruni . |
| 30 | Any feelings Hope had for her — and though they had included a certain measure of respect and the possibility of desire , they had not been strong — now alchemised into a quite violent dislike . |