Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he took to do his business , the bank 's video cameras must have had me down as a fairly suspicious character and I was happy to stop fidgeting when he finally turned away from the cashier and headed for the door . |
| 2 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 3 | Coun Wood said he was very upset by the theft and appealed for the return of the chains . |
| 4 | She pulled on a plain black swimsuit and headed for the sea . |
| 5 | So she opened her handbag and produced for the man with the scarpered wife a selection , some faded a little and creased with age . |
| 6 | It became a lost cause in the 66th minute when Wright found Knoetze on the left and this time the centre stepped in to the gap and raced for the line for a second try . |
| 7 | From a cafe " behind the Nile , Frenchman called the Oberoi and asked for the Queen . |
| 8 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 9 | He stopped work and sued for the money he alleged to be owing . |
| 10 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |
| 11 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 12 | She relatched the window and looked for the deadlock key on the ring , but Carson said , ‘ I 'll see to that later . |
| 13 | We had a coffee , bought some reinforcements , deciding to leave the skyr that we had both become addicted to until later , turned south and headed for the sea . |
| 14 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 15 | She wriggled out of his astonished grasp and headed for the door . |
| 16 | The hotel opened for the winter and closed for the summer . |
| 17 | But she held her peace and waited for the miracle . |
| 18 | He strode to his desk and reached for the telephone . |
| 19 | Mr Cubbage , now a broken , weeping figure lay down on the rail and waited for the train to end his life and his earthly troubles . |
| 20 | He dropped the stick and dashed for the canal . |
| 21 | But a minute or two later , as they turned out of the car park and headed for the road that led back to the villa , Ronni gave way to the growing desolation within her . |
| 22 | Wrenching the swing door open , she strode out of the building and headed for the street . |
| 23 | He listened to a baseball update and waited for the sponsor 's commercial before turning to her . |
| 24 | I left Werewolf with a withering look and headed for the edge of the road , cutting back deeper into the trees so I could n't be seen from the farmhouse when I reached the fenced-off field . |
| 25 | He foresaw a war and prayed for the victory of his people . |
| 26 | He turned to the right and made for the north choir aisle . |
| 27 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 28 | They marched into the shop and asked for the manager . |
| 29 | Gabriel , Lambert and Church met the F2B at the rendezvous point and headed for the Front . |
| 30 | She closed the drawer and stood thinking for a moment , then she moved into the drawing-room and rang for the maid . |