Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me . |
| 2 | In the meantime I tried to find a home for Poppy to go to when ( or if ) we eventually caught her . |
| 3 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 4 | and I forgot to leave a note for him today and he 's left me another twenty eight pound . |
| 5 | At five to eight , the deadline , I decided to make a run for it , and was within sight of the doors when , without any warning at all , my stomach muscles suddenly began to roll up like a shop blind and I was violently and horribly sick . |
| 6 | After that , I decided to make a cut for each day . |
| 7 | I decided to rent a room for him in a house near ours , where I thought he would be safe for the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ But I managed to get a shilling for the horsehair chair , with the bed thrown in . ’ |
| 9 | IF I HAD to design a retreat for winter-weary travellers who want familiar hotels but in a different civilisation , I 'd invent Marrakech . |
| 10 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 11 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 12 | And then he come in to us then and he says to me I 'm bleeding and I had to get a plaster for him and he |
| 13 | I had to make a life for myself … and thank God I did , even if Douglas appropriated all the things I left behind … pictures , papers and clothes … |
| 14 | EQ'ing helps , but I found that over-correction would affect the lead channel , which shares the same tone circuitry , so I had to accept a compromise for my crunch sound . |
| 15 | ‘ Someone had to make a stand for the egg producers , ’ Mother Catherine said . |
| 16 | I wanted to leave a bit for next time , ’ he declared . |
| 17 | I wanted to get a cardigan for school the other day and |
| 18 | No , what I meant was I meant to buy it , I wanted to buy a refill for it , but I ended up not buying the right fibre tip pen for it |
| 19 | I wanted to make a career for myself outside Salzburg . |
| 20 | The legislature concluded that it was inconvenient for leases for the duration of the war to be void and therefore by the Validation of War-time Leases Act 1944 Parliament provided , by section 1(1) , that any agreement entered into before or after the passing of the Act which purported to grant a tenancy for the duration of the war : |
| 21 | She happened to have a period for most of that week . |
| 22 | How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know . |
| 23 | She was visibly interested in social programmes , in women 's affairs , in medicine , in leper colonies , and she managed to develop a reputation for compassion . |
| 24 | She had to wear a brace for many years before she was well enough to walk with two sticks , and I still carry in my mind the picture of her trying to walk around the room and on the landing , hobbling in her iron braces . |
| 25 | Yes so that 's why she had to have a doctor for that one . |
| 26 | If you had to choose a place for a factory making some similar consumer goods , perhaps pop records , which city , on either side of the Pennines , do you think would be best , and why ? |
| 27 | You had to have a reason for going from A to B , or else you were in trouble . |
| 28 | If you wanted to make a banner for instance you would highlight banner on the main menu , then choose ‘ font ’ , and choose one of the nine fancy fonts provided . |
| 29 | It was the idea of her only grandson who wanted to create a focus for her many devotees . |
| 30 | Those naturalists who wanted to preserve a role for the supernatural in the creation of life were forced to try out a number of alternatives in an attempt to provide an explanatory framework that would serve as an alternative to evolutionism . |