Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 2 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 3 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
| 4 | I moved to look for the girl . |
| 5 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 6 | I loved to stop for the night but dreaded the effort of making camp . |
| 7 | I decided to go for the barn and struck lucky twice in a row . |
| 8 | I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out ! |
| 9 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 10 | After browsing in the local bookshop and buying a few necessities for the flat , I decided to leave for the course . |
| 11 | I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster . |
| 12 | I decided to make for the orchard and the safety of my own trench . |
| 13 | But when he said that , I felt to blame for the situation I was in . |
| 14 | I no longer need to work and she was delighted when I offered to care for the baby during the week . |
| 15 | I chose to speak for the motion rather than against , for as a matter of hard fact devolution was dead . |
| 16 | He was so frightened that I went to look for the animal . |
| 17 | I had to fumble for the torch in the dark and work out for myself how to fix my bunk . |
| 18 | At the same time , while ensuring the blue of sky in front of the camera , I had to wait for the sun to fall on the scene from behind me , otherwise the sparkle of beach and palms would have been lost . |
| 19 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
| 20 | In October 1940 my last year at school began ; it was going to be a year of hard work , as I had to prepare for the June examinations . |
| 21 | It 's very difficult , I had to pay for the sheep when the Chichester was here . |
| 22 | However , despite the fact that I had to pay for the survey , the society will not allow me to have a copy of the report . |
| 23 | I was sad about this because I am a clubbable person by nature , and have never regarded a game of golf as anything but an occasion of pleasurable social exchange ; but an end to Muirfield was the price I had to pay for the championing of Meehan 's cause . |
| 24 | I had to fight for the right to cut dresses as well as suits , to make evening dress as well as day wear and even now , when I 've proved myself in those areas , I have to fight members of my own staff who believe I should still stick to producing powerful women 's suits . |
| 25 | I had to send for the police . |
| 26 | It felt light in his arms ; a child starved of love and food and warmth : ‘ And although a part of me , deep buried , hidden away , knew , ’ he said , ‘ still I wanted to weep for the pity of it . ’ |
| 27 | I was really enjoying my new status as a mother and being at home and caring for Danielle and watching her grow and learn was all I wanted to do for the rest of my life . |
| 28 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 29 | In other words , if you want to explain social phenomena , you got to look for the explanations in society . |
| 30 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |