Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , some fifty superior houses were purchased for them and expensively furnished . |
| 2 | The show was flexible and he could slot his best troupes in and out , thus ensuring a regular wage for them and constantly rehearsed lines for him , all ready at a moment 's notice to go to South Africa , the continent or the best halls in London . |
| 3 | Despite her criticism of their dancing they knew she cared for them and always stepped in in any family crisis : |
| 4 | He was always loyal and when we had a house maid who adored Basil and had little affection for his sisters and she used to stand up for him as hardly done by , he would have none of it , to my remembered satisfaction . |
| 5 | Iris , who had spoken in glowing terms of the man and his ambitious undertaking , revealed that she had agreed to tutor a week 's art course for him and immediately suggested that Melissa should accompany her . |
| 6 | For instance , he may have found it impossible to meet his parents ' aspirations for him and never attained a secure relationship with them , or he may have repeatedly been told he was unlovable and incompetent , or he may have experienced actual loss of a parent . |
| 7 | Frau Nordern snapped a good-night back and stormed out of the Station , and such was the mood showing on her face there on the S-Bahn a railway policeman checking tickets did not ask for hers but wisely changed carriages at Lichtenberg station and looked for other prey . |