Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv prt] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE audience that turned up for the recital of British violin sonatas was scarcely more than a sprinkling , which made one despair of our unadventurous public . |
| 2 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 3 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 4 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 5 | OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job . |
| 6 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
| 7 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 8 | John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry . |
| 9 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 10 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 11 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 12 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 13 | She helped the younger woman to the kitchen , put her on a chair and looked round for the kettle . |
| 14 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 15 | She spooned coffee into their cups and reached out for the kettle . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 19 | The guests are legless anyway ; they 've paid at least £75 per head and shelled out for the tombola , raffle and auction . |
| 20 | She seized her valise and struck out for the back of the house and the kitchen . |
| 21 | He went out immediately , and stayed out for the rest of the week-end . |
| 22 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 23 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 24 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 25 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 26 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 27 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 28 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 29 | At matches he had to be watched like a hawk in case he wriggled out of his headcollar , and set off for the tea tent , where his doleful yellow face and black-ringed eyes could coax sandwiches and cake out of the most stony-hearted waitress . |
| 30 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |