Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [to-vb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 2 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So I began to look for a husband . |
| 6 | I decided to go for a walk westward along the side of the fjord . |
| 7 | I decided to wait for a review — you know what Microsoft 's other support lines are like . |
| 8 | Sir : After reading a review in your magazine I decided to send for a shareware copy of Return to Kroz . |
| 9 | I needed to escape for a while — to leave my unhappiness behind me . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I had to go for a piss . |
| 13 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |
| 14 | ‘ I had to fight for a place on a packed plane and , after much pleading , they finally knocked someone off their list . |
| 15 | ‘ I never knew what I wanted to do for a living . |
| 16 | ‘ You have to look ahead to the time when you leave football , and I wanted to prepare for a life in sport and leisure management , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The main complaint was that Microsoft offered large discounts to PC makers who agreed to pay for a copy of MS-DOS or Windows for every machine they sold , whether or not it was actually loaded with one . |
| 18 | She planned to stay for a couple of days in the Arts Club in Edinburgh , as she belonged to a London club that had a reciprocal arrangement . |
| 19 | She pretended to think for a moment . |
| 20 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |
| 21 | Not long after acquiring Belle Vue Cottage she began to search for a piece of land in the Cotherstone area , preferably a fenced-i-meadow . |
| 22 | She began to look for a university job outside Cambridge . |
| 23 | Anna was immersed in a game with Edward under the watchful eye of Miss Fitch , who gave Ruth no welcome : so she decided to go for a walk . |
| 24 | Rosie gave him an affectionate kiss , and Shelley decided that she needed to go for a walk around the hospital , to leave the two together for a while . |
| 25 | When she went to stay for a day or two on Hydra , I accompanied her on the morning boat , and left her there . |
| 26 | Not that she dared to hope for a reference from this place ! |
| 27 | Clare was fired for turning up late after she had to wait for a doctor because Josh had a temperature . |
| 28 | But she had to battle for a York neck victory from Satank and trainer Jack Berry said : ‘ She ran well , but looked to be going over the top . |
| 29 | She suspected that she was pregnant when she began seeing Alan , but this was only confirmed when she had to go for a check-up because Alan had a urinal infection . |
| 30 | ‘ Elaine said she had to go for a blood test . |