Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I slung my hook and went for a coffee . |
| 2 | Gingerly , sweating , I curled my left hand behind my back and felt for the third arrow , and found it sticking out of my jersey though fairly loose in my hand . |
| 3 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 4 | Returning to my dressing room , I removed my headdress and reached for a towel to dry my sweat-soaked hair — fighting with seven dwarfs under banks of spotlights is hot work . |
| 5 | So she opened her handbag and produced for the man with the scarpered wife a selection , some faded a little and creased with age . |
| 6 | But she held her peace and waited for the miracle . |
| 7 | A deal of Tony 's documentary work seems to involve some form of danger , ‘ I went to Asia twice ; in 1986 and when the Soviets began their pullout and stayed for a year and a half in Peshawar , Pakistan . |
| 8 | She dropped the other gun — the little one — into the pocket of her jacket and reached for the wooden grip of the Kalashnikov . |
| 9 | AT the point of accompaniment in their hoop items when Rita Quick abandoned her cymbal and headed for the piano , she arrived to find the stool gone ! |
| 10 | She noticed the tightness of the thin lips , instinct warning her that trouble was at hand , so she leaned back in her chair and waited for the storm to break . |
| 11 | Nadine clicked her tongue and smiled for the first time . |
| 12 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 13 | At about 5.30pm on Sunday everybody shut off their music and headed for the main stage to hear the results . |
| 14 | His senses told him that Cora-Beth was as eager as he for closer intimacies , and she made no attempt to draw back when he unbuttoned her coat and felt for the soft warmth of her breasts . |
| 15 | Preston untangled his arm from around her shoulder and reached for the brandy glass . |
| 16 | Rain forgot her headache and waited for the rest . |
| 17 | She gathered the little girl into her arms , grabbed her bag and headed for the door . |
| 18 | She dragged a comb through her hair , grabbed her bag and headed for the lift . |
| 19 | And after being taken off in County 's 2-1 defeat by Watford on Tuesday , Agana ripped off his shirt and headed for the players ' tunnel . |
| 20 | Every day he went out with his scribe in his boat and stayed for an hour in each of the twelve provinces of hid kingdom , ensuring that all was well . |
| 21 | One man , told by his doctor that he had cancer , retreated to his bedroom and wept for a week , refusing to eat and waiting to die . |
| 22 | That evening I rang Fred Workman , News Editor of the Times-Herald , at his home and asked for a job as cub reporter . |
| 23 | He strode to his desk and reached for the telephone . |
| 24 | Signalling the sighting to the Home Fleet in Scapa Flow , he turned his vessel and made for the shelter of a fog bank . |
| 25 | I replaced the blanket over his head and stood for a few moments looking at the bodies in their neat little rows . |
| 26 | Robert clasped his hands behind his back and tried for a light , bantering tone . |
| 27 | The little boy slipped , fell on his lorry and whimpered for a while . |
| 28 | He did not even state his demand but waited for the rupee to drop . |
| 29 | At the crash from the front door he came out of his chair and reached for a twelve-bore shotgun that lay on the pine table . |
| 30 | He opened his door and called for the maid , but this time it was not Christine . |