Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made straight for the curtains , and he went by me without noticing . |
| 2 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 3 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |
| 4 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 5 | About eighty villagers followed me inside , and waited expectantly … so I struck out for the hinterlands . |
| 6 | Yes and and then when the lifeboat came , the Eday and and Sanday and them a lot of them came across for the dances , the lifeboat dances , it was really I would say the best time |
| 7 | The fact that so many of them played together for the Lions will be an important help . ’ |
| 8 | Unions were viewed as monopolistic combinations of labour which catered mainly for the interests of those of their members who were in employment at the expense of the unemployed . |
| 9 | The school was an amiable establishment in Somerset which existed largely for the daughters of service and diplomatic families , whose fees were subsidised by the services to ensure that the scions of the officer class need not be tainted by cheek-by-jowl association with the children of other ranks . |
| 10 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 11 | Whether he originated the union or not , its inspiration seemed to have been Thomas Moore , a former naval officer who campaigned tirelessly for the rights of seamen , and who became its honorary president . |
| 12 | She was not a violent demonstrator as a suffragette but she worked hard for the women 's vote , and at times vociferously at public meetings . |
| 13 | As she washed , she listened tensely for the sounds of movement . |
| 14 | One particular incident which sticks in my mind which brought home to me how ill he was occurred when my mother sent me one morning to ask my father what he wanted for breakfast , to which he replied in a very vague and confused manner " hen mush " ( the term we gave to the vegetable matter we cooked up for the chickens ) . |
| 15 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 16 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 17 | They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there . |
| 18 | He played mostly for the reserves , he was paid cash , it was said , while drawing the dole . |
| 19 | He looked around for the stables , but could see none . |
| 20 | It took longer for the territories with loud speakers to be occupied than it did for the silent territories ( Figure 6.2 ) . |
| 21 | He did well for the likes of Cammell Laird and other plant closures , and has done well for the people at Rock Ferry . ’ |
| 22 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |
| 23 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |
| 24 | When Christmas came round , many of them stayed there for the festivities . |