Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I argued passionately for a top higher band . |
| 2 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 3 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 4 | Here houses looked to me like Monopoly chips : seeing a man cycling over the pathless tundra I scanned hopelessly for a possible point of reference he might have . |
| 5 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
| 6 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 7 | I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing . |
| 8 | I returned home for a late tea and carefully explained to my mother what Dana had done , and tried to excuse the thoughtlessness that had caused her such a shock . |
| 9 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 10 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 11 | I looked round for a living man to admire and follow . |
| 12 | I looked round for a split second . |
| 13 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 14 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 15 | I went up for a closer look . |
| 16 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 17 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 18 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 19 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 20 | She checked about for a likely place of shelter . |
| 21 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 22 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 23 | She squirmed around for a better view of it . |
| 24 | A spokeswoman for the Guides Association said yesterday : ‘ She worked here for a short while and I suppose it was just a job to her . ’ |
| 25 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 26 | She reached out for a pale , beautiful robe that seemed to be a continual pour of colour , like a mountain river with the sun shining on it and , as she did so , there was a whisper of sound behind them . |
| 27 | She looked round for a plain grave . |
| 28 | She looked around for a blunt instrument . |
| 29 | She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her . |
| 30 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |