Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 2 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 3 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 4 | I must have mentioned how expensive my activities were becoming , because Suzy suggested that I tried applying for a grant . |
| 5 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 6 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 7 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 8 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
| 9 | After three hours of continuous nibbling it seemed , I will confess , rather on the acid and insubstantial side , and I began to yearn for a bowl of pasta . |
| 10 | So I began to look for a husband . |
| 11 | I decided to go for a walk westward along the side of the fjord . |
| 12 | I decided to wait for a review — you know what Microsoft 's other support lines are like . |
| 13 | Sir : After reading a review in your magazine I decided to send for a shareware copy of Return to Kroz . |
| 14 | I needed to escape for a while — to leave my unhappiness behind me . |
| 15 | Er well I started going for a holiday by myself when I was about er |
| 16 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
| 17 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
| 18 | He gained third place in the 1988 Ilford Photographic Awards Features category for one of those pictures , but jokes that on his arrival in Africa ‘ I kept looking for a cheque presentation because that 's all I was trained to do . ’ |
| 19 | Of course , I did wonder for a while if Lu … ’ |
| 20 | I did work for a petrol company . |
| 21 | ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’ |
| 22 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 23 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 24 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 25 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
| 26 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 27 | The immense build-up made it impossible to find a decent anchor and , having stamped out a rather unstable stance , I had to settle for a couple of drive-ins in a clod of frozen turf . |
| 28 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
| 29 | I had to go for a piss . |
| 30 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |