Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [coord] [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I slung my hook and went for a coffee . |
| 2 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 3 | Returning to my dressing room , I removed my headdress and reached for a towel to dry my sweat-soaked hair — fighting with seven dwarfs under banks of spotlights is hot work . |
| 4 | A deal of Tony 's documentary work seems to involve some form of danger , ‘ I went to Asia twice ; in 1986 and when the Soviets began their pullout and stayed for a year and a half in Peshawar , Pakistan . |
| 5 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 6 | One man , told by his doctor that he had cancer , retreated to his bedroom and wept for a week , refusing to eat and waiting to die . |
| 7 | That evening I rang Fred Workman , News Editor of the Times-Herald , at his home and asked for a job as cub reporter . |
| 8 | I replaced the blanket over his head and stood for a few moments looking at the bodies in their neat little rows . |
| 9 | Robert clasped his hands behind his back and tried for a light , bantering tone . |
| 10 | The little boy slipped , fell on his lorry and whimpered for a while . |
| 11 | At the crash from the front door he came out of his chair and reached for a twelve-bore shotgun that lay on the pine table . |
| 12 | Eventually a telephone line was established and Mr Macdonald broke his silence and asked for a friend . |
| 13 | Sometimes the little boy climbed from his cot and played for a while indoors , though more usually he toddled out on to the terrace , in search of her and a drink |