Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [coord] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits . |
| 2 | I panicked and reached for the door . |
| 3 | I shivered and reached for the hot taps but changed my mind . |
| 4 | She rose and stooped for the shell . |
| 5 | She turned and started for the door . |
| 6 | She flapped and fretted for the remainder of the meal . |
| 7 | confess to God those times when you sinned and ask for the gift of an ever-deepening sorrow for not co-operating with him . |
| 8 | Then , huddling deep into the eiderdown , she sat and waited for the dawn . |
| 9 | We decided to use our green ballot box that we made and painted for the Maastricht campaign for people to post their cards into so that we can count them at the end and post them all together . |
| 10 | In the previous section we described and accounted for the unequal distribution of wealth in Great Britain in terms of the ownership and control of forms of private productive property . |
| 11 | Somehow we escaped and made for the Wig and Dickle and suitable refreshments . |
| 12 | We sat and waited for the next move , which turned out to be a visit from Younis and Bilal , insisting that Brian was trying to escape . |
| 13 | As they parked and headed for the open front door , a smiling woman in a dusky pink two-piece and with her silver hair caught back in a chignon appeared to welcome them . |
| 14 | When he realized that Adam was not one of his colleagues , he stopped and reached for the revolver in his belted holster . |
| 15 | BELOW : Guard , , society membership secretary is pictured with the carriages he designed and built for the railway . |
| 16 | ‘ shall have effect as if it granted or provided for the grant of a tenancy for a term of 10 years , subject to a right exercisable either by the landlord or the tenant to determine the tenancy , if the war ends before the expiration of that term , by at least one month 's notice in writing given after the end of the war ; … |
| 17 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 18 | Baring his teeth in a soundless snarl of frustration and fury , he turned and ran for the opposite end of the alley , away from the oncoming car . |
| 19 | Then , apparently deciding that this was a special day , he turned and made for the thicket . |
| 20 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 21 | He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment . |
| 22 | ‘ Poor sod , ’ he said to himself as he turned and headed for the others . |
| 23 | A pulse of pressure from behind threw them against the factor , he turned and jumped for the door , beat on it , it opened abruptly , and he fell inside . |
| 24 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 25 | Now ! he thought and dived for the tree . |
| 26 | Suddenly he swayed and reached for the support of his car door . |
| 27 | He smiled and headed for the bedroom . |
| 28 | ‘ For Bretonnia and King Louis ! ’ he cried and waited for the response . |
| 29 | He wrote and printed for the Scottish History Society his meticulous Itinerary of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ( 1897 ) and the substantial volume , Origins of the Forty-Five ( 1916 ) . |
| 30 | He shrugged and made for the door . |