Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have brought comfort to some but statistically it was as risky as playing Russian roulette , and I laid off smoking for the next seven years . |
| 2 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 3 | Still , Mr Dysart went to see what 'e could do , while I went back to phone for the police . |
| 4 | The registration plates said it was only two years old but I stopped believing registration plates about two years before I gave up waiting for the tooth fairy . |
| 5 | After positioning the wad in my cheek I sat around waiting for the hit , feeling smug with my new-found anthropological skills . |
| 6 | Most significantly , over two-thirds of those who turned out voted for the early election of a new parliament ( not now due until 1995 ) . |
| 7 | Harry Fry , John Ross and Jimmy Rutherford , ordinary Scots who went off to fight for a cause in Spain and who were not to return . |
| 8 | She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece . |
| 9 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 10 | Am I glad we came out to work for the entire season , Rosie ! |
| 11 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
| 12 | We went out to wait for the others . |
| 13 | They took up flying for a hobby and say all you need is courage and a taste for adventure . |
| 14 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 15 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 16 | He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility . |
| 17 | Jehan suddenly thought about the possibilities of ambush , and he wheeled around to look for the trooper who was riding escort on this side . |
| 18 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 19 | ‘ And Gabby turned out to be particularly good , which saved him from having to do the usual terrible , crap jobs that the Hawaiians had to do , and he ended up playing for a living in just about every joint in Hawaii — and there were lots of them in those days , because live music was a big thing . |