Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the second day , I geared up for the Horseshoe Pass , three miles up followed by a long down to Llangollen . |
| 2 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 3 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 4 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 5 | ‘ I turned up for the interview , amid all these Bond beauties , in my tight black jersey dress on a really hot day , with false nails and false eyelashes sliding down my face , ’ Julie recalls with a smile . |
| 6 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 7 | " I think it would be better if I worked through for the rest of today . |
| 8 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 9 | The next morning he had left us to rejoin his regiment , even before Granpa and I started out for the market . |
| 10 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |
| 11 | While leaving it to cool , I reached over for the map ; the mug was caught by my sleeve , fell forward with a gurgle , and emptied . |
| 12 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 13 | I went out for the day , and came back to find the room full of thick smoke from Holmes ' pipe . |
| 14 | Amy and I went out for the day . |
| 15 | It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension . |
| 16 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 17 | when I went in for the steamer |
| 18 | One enterprising young man gathered 60 ration books into his brief-case and persuaded an RCAF pilot , due for a recognizance flight that day , to fly him several hundred miles across the provincial border to Atlin , B.C. At the friendly invitation of those concerned I went along for the ride and helped my energetic friends load five cases of Johnny Walker , which we transported back to Whitehorse well in time for a Saturday night party . |
| 19 | I went along for the ride ; Mrs Goreng needed moral support and a straight guy to conduct an emergency dialogue with , if the need arose . |
| 20 | In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’ |
| 21 | But Molly knew he would say when they got home , ‘ For what I shelled out for the water we might as well have filled the loos up with Chianti . ’ |
| 22 | About eighty villagers followed me inside , and waited expectantly … so I struck out for the hinterlands . |
| 23 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 24 | I would always try and choose pieces which I thought had a bit of atmosphere and mood , a passion which made up for the lack of presentation ! ’ |
| 25 | Still , she liked one or two of the collective , Xanthe had put some money in ( actually five hundred pounds , a fair whack ) when Miranda had asked her to , so she felt bound to give the paper some support in kind , and the office was fun — she liked pitching in with headings , sidebars , suggested stories , and pasting up till the small hours , with the help of ciggies and carafe wine ; the sex gossip was the best in town , which made up for the coffee ( though they could afford dope , they could n't rise to real coffee , and had at one time even resorted to the bitter brown syrup Camp , with the turbaned lascar on the label ) . |
| 26 | ‘ It was n't the joke , it was the ritual — to get himself psyched up for the performance . ’ |
| 27 | She made up for the difficulty by striking their fingers with a ruler when they erred , especially when learning the piano . |
| 28 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 29 | Guest of honour was Brigadier Garton who came up for the evening from his base at Catterick Garrison . |
| 30 | The 24 runners included six from the site Fire Brigade , bravely running in their waterproof overtrousers and braces , and two from CSD 's Brussels staff who came over for the occasion . |