Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going into the first Test at Port-of-Spain under the leadership of Mike Denness , England were put in and bowled out for a meagre 131 ( Greig top-scored with 37 ) . |
| 2 | She smiled at me and sat down and remained thoughtfully for a while with her chin resting on her hand . |
| 3 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |
| 4 | After a particularly barbarous game of Murder Ball in the school gym , I stripped off and queued up for a quick soaking , along with 40 other pre-pubescent boys . |
| 5 | So I got off and walked around for an hour or so , unseeing , my mind a total blank . |
| 6 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 7 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 8 | We passed by and opted instead for an easy final passage . |
| 9 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |