Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 2 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 3 | So you look for a conductor |
| 4 | We 'd have got here sooner only we stopped for a bite of something . |
| 5 | So we went for a shellac finish . |
| 6 | And we know that he was left this red chest of Flanders so we sought for a Flanders chest , that 's a chest probably actually made in North Germany but imported through Flanders and we found a Yorkshire example in a place called near Ripon . |
| 7 | You can not put a time on how long it takes for a swimfeeder to empty . |
| 8 | The little Hoflin did n't fall over and looked extremely pretty , and when the curtain came down he leaned for a moment on the rostrum and took a deep breath . |
| 9 | If he 's not there , perhaps he went for a walk in the grounds ? ’ |
| 10 | If only it holds for a while . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |
| 12 | Hunt 's steadily deflating tyre held up until the last corner before the pits ; in he came for a tyre change . |
| 13 | the very next day anyway I sent for a doctor |
| 14 | Finally we asked for a change in the wording of supplementary benefit law which would abolish the term ‘ cohabitation ’ , with its sexual connotations , and substitute what seemed the more decent and objective phrase , ‘ living together as husband and wife ’ . |
| 15 | Desperately he looked for a way up the river bank . |
| 16 | Time and again Lear tried to tempt Gould to visit him in Rome ; always he pleaded for a letter : ‘ I am anxious to hear from you … ; |
| 17 | Eventually we settled for a base at Ardrossan which was not too bad in later years when we had acquired much faster cutters . |
| 18 | She left elementary school at fourteen to take a job filling seed packets for five shillings a week ; later she worked for a draper and subsequently for the Co-op , where she joined the union movement of which she was to be a lifelong member . |
| 19 | Whenever you run for a train , cope with stress at work , or lose your temper , the heart and lungs have to cope with the extra demands placed on them . |
| 20 | when I used to go up you know for a pint of snowball he say pint of snowball , some of the , what they call 'em |
| 21 | The bubbling song of whimbrel mingled with the excited yelping of breeding redshank could be heard whenever we stopped for a break . |
| 22 | Two days later he called for a purge of FIS ranks ; only those " who believed in the new era for the country and in others ' right of expression " should be retained . |
| 23 | Half way up he rested for a minute or so to rest his straining arm and shoulder muscles , then continued his exhausting climb . |
| 24 | Now you relax for a minute , I wo n't be long . |
| 25 | As Sharapour fell back it seemed for a moment as if he would get in the way of Mill Reef on the rails , but Lewis was alert to the perils of getting boxed in up the short Longchamp straight and pulled Mill Reef out to begin his challenge . |
| 26 | So now he worked for a taxi firm . |
| 27 | It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee . |
| 28 | A win or a loss could affect how well you lived for a day or two . |
| 29 | ‘ Why did n't you send for a carriage ? |
| 30 | Do n't you think for a rock'n'roll band it is somewhat stupid to promote this government idea , especially here in Belgium ? ’ |