Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got done for that . |
| 2 | Ah he got , ah he got done for that did he ? |
| 3 | In advance , using the smokescreen of Tech-Green bureaucracy , he 'd arranged for this fictional shuttle-worker to be placed on a shift which involved taking a shuttle through the gravity well to Gaiah . |
| 4 | The on-screen couple , quietly glowing with beauty and amusement — they seemed made for each other ; but after various misunderstandings and adventures they ended up going their separate ways . |
| 5 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 6 | She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny . |
| 7 | Estabrook watched the smoke drift up over the assassin 's grey eyes , and before he could prevent himself he was telling his story , the rules he 'd drawn for this exchange forgotten . |
| 8 | There was a long pause while she cleared the bed of her things , and she was aware of his eyes on her every movement as he checked over the items she 'd packed for any signs of decadence . |
| 9 | Doctors at a Bristol hospital said today , they 'd called for more research following two cases there in which mothers had used water baths in the early stages of labour . |
| 10 | They 'd asked for more space , as part of the head office refurbishment , but this was ridiculous ! |
| 11 | If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in . |
| 12 | The I O C's choice of Atlanta , Georgia to host the centennial Olympic Games has not only shocked and disappointed the Athens delegation here in Tokyo , it has brought disappointment to the team from Manchester who 'd worked for several years to fulfil the dream of bringing the Games to the U K for the first time since 1948 . |
| 13 | Geoff Tulloch got hold of the idea that she 'd worked for some corporation in Detroit for a year . |
| 14 | The two gods at whose shrines she 'd sacrificed for many years . |
| 15 | But erm after I 'd choked for half an hour she went to sleep I eventually went back to sleep again and |
| 16 | Then I got arrested for some petty thing , shoplifting . |
| 17 | The noise of their progress floated back to where Paige and Travis lay hidden for many minutes , before fading away completely . |
| 18 | You know what you should have done while you was up there this time you should have took asked for some samples . |
| 19 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 20 | We got funded for that one though . |
| 21 | Vogel had negotiated the release of over 34,000 prisoners whose freedom was bought by West Germany , had arranged for some 250,000 people to leave East Germany and had also arranged spy swaps . |
| 22 | The seaman — Gustave continued as if this were the best story he had heard for many years — apparently claimed that he had no notion of how the section of mast had reached the position in which it was found . |
| 23 | Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer . |
| 24 | [ The British ] had pressed for some time for a continuation of a combined staff relationship and had only been convinced that we were serious in rejecting this when we moved their combined staff people out of the Pentagon and moved the standing group [ of Nato ] in . |
| 25 | Further , his duties were substantially a continuation of those which he had undertaken for several years in connection with Tutorial Classes and the annual summer school arrangements . |
| 26 | However , by 1984 , this number had fallen for both men ( 69 000 ) and women ( 18 000 ) . |
| 27 | These were the words she had longed to hear , the ones she had wished for that day at the Trevi Fountain . |
| 28 | But he had wished for more than that . |
| 29 | She had expected for some reason a warm and well-fleshed figure , dressed in tweeds saturated in the comforting perfume of unsmoked tobacco . |
| 30 | Mr Dakin burst out , but the old cow brushed past us and marched without hesitation into the stall which she had occupied for all those years . |