Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 3 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 4 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 5 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 6 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 7 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |
| 8 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 9 | Even though she tried to listen out for the sound of a returning car , the castle and the road leading up to it remained as silent as the grave . |
| 10 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 11 | ‘ She had to go out for a moment . ’ |
| 12 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 13 | ‘ Mrs Giraud has asked us to tell you that she had to step out for a short while , but to make yourself at home , ’ the receptionist had informed her . |
| 14 | At teatime , there was honey , sour-milk scones and plum jam where you had to mind out for the stones . |
| 15 | To get the tickets you had to sign up for a complete tour and hospitality package , available through Travelforce , a travel agency in Durban — of which the then President of the Natal Rugby Union , and member of the Executive of the ( former ) SARB , just happened to be a director . |
| 16 | She leant forward , saying she wanted to go back for a moment to what the TV presenter had said about Jim Lancaster . |
| 17 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 18 | they tried to go out for a meal , I do n't know whether it was christmas day or boxing day down in and they could n't get n in nowhere , I said well you would n't on a boxing day ! |
| 19 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 20 | They arranged to go out for a drink on the second evening , although Kathleen was n't really looking forward to it as it was bound to turn into a ‘ What was the name of that blonde with the big chest ? ’ sort of session and she would end up driving them both home and quite likely putting them both to bed ! |
| 21 | Still , they decided to hang out for a couple of days and party with the likes of SHABBA RANKS and KRS-1 . |
| 22 | Started as they meant to go on for the holiday . |
| 23 | But the journey took longer than they planned , because they had to watch out for the evil troll who lurked under the bridge . |
| 24 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |
| 25 | and erm I used to do erm , keep a check on the flying times of the planes cos every forty hours they had to come in for a different check . |
| 26 | Entranced by the aphrodisiacs in his prawn cocktail , McAvennie began to visit his new girl every weekend , flying to the London nightlife and eventually provoking a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill when he failed to show up for a Monday morning training session . |
| 27 | He failed to show up for the match amidst rumours that he had resigned as West Ham 's manager . |
| 28 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 29 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 30 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |