Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 32 | But the sheaf was always cut The last sheaf was cut then it was er put in the barn and kept there for the year and |
| 33 | Agnes knew the room and went straight for the telephone . |
| 34 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 35 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 36 | The attack began on 8 March and went well for the Italians at first . |
| 37 | They were taken to Stromness police station , and questioned persistently for the rest of the six hours allowed by law . |
| 38 | As darkness fell again they took turns to wash in the tent , and then they lay together under the night sky and reached again for the stars . |
| 39 | She sat up and reached blindly for the clasp of the bra , and just for a moment her breasts swung into view . |
| 40 | She spooned coffee into their cups and reached out for the kettle . |
| 41 | Tuan Ti Fo crouched down , the boy balanced in his lap , the small , dark , tousled head resting against his chest , and reached out for the water-bottle . |
| 42 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
| 43 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 44 | It was flown by Geoff Dodd , a company pilot : ‘ I picked up my survival suit , cleared Special Branch , and took off for the Isle of Man suited-up and wearing a life-jacket . |
| 45 | In 1938 he made his first-class debut for Yorkshire against Scotland , and appeared intermittently for the county during the two seasons either side of the Second World War . |
| 46 | And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things . |
| 47 | The guests are legless anyway ; they 've paid at least £75 per head and shelled out for the tombola , raffle and auction . |
| 48 | She was a gifted pianist and musician , wrote several hymns , and spoke frequently for the London Missionary Society throughout the country . |
| 49 | He caught the line the Zodiac side of the gunman , wrapped it round his right wrist and kicked hard for the surface . |
| 50 | The Gnomes sat together at the end of the breakfast table and waited anxiously for the verdict . |
| 51 | She had been amazed to find that he was n't married , and waited painfully for the announcement of an engagement , or a sizzling scandalous affair . |
| 52 | The people prayed to their gods and waited impatiently for the seasons to change . |
| 53 | She swept up her dahlias with an ample gesture , pushed it open , and struck downhill for the nave . |
| 54 | She seized her valise and struck out for the back of the house and the kitchen . |
| 55 | This he accepted in 1862 and remained there for the rest of his life , being left free to pursue his own research . |
| 56 | He moved to Belfast East , was elected MP at the Westminster elections of February and October , 1974 , and remained there for the elections to the Constitutional Convention . |
| 57 | Lewis had fallen fast asleep on the back seat of the police car and remained so for the whole of the journey back to Oxford . |
| 58 | He went out immediately , and stayed out for the rest of the week-end . |
| 59 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 60 | In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . |