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 | 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 . |
| 4 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
| 5 | I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 8 | I looked round for a living man to admire and follow . |
| 9 | I looked round for a split second . |
| 10 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 15 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 16 | She checked about for a likely place of shelter . |
| 17 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She looked round for a plain grave . |
| 21 | She looked around for a blunt instrument . |
| 22 | Now she wished fervently for an old-fashioned attendant to match the commissionaire downstairs and the man who had driven Luke 's car away to park it . |
| 23 | She competed successfully for a post-doctoral research fellowship at one of the less fashionable women 's colleges . |
| 24 | As she warmed up for a short recital in the prison 's dining hall , Evelyn said : ‘ Music is incredible medicine for every human being in some sort of way or another . |
| 25 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 26 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |
| 27 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 28 | She held out for a federal party in the negotiations with the Russians ( 1902 ) to the point where the talks broke down . |
| 29 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 30 | We settled instead for a three-hour five-course fish lunch at the Mont Frety in town , not far from the cablecar station . |