Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just when I was intending to go out for my tuna sandwich , there arrived what I believe they call the full panoply of the Law , in the shape of an Inspector called Bush , and his Sergeant . |
| 2 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
| 3 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 4 | I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching . |
| 5 | The archer had to be someone who knew I was going to go back for Gareth 's camera . |
| 6 | Well I was going to go out for Jim 's |
| 7 | Ron finally became angry and wrote me a letter asking when I was going to turn up for training . |
| 8 | I have a four foot tank which I was going to set up for Malawis , however , with the above in mind , what would you consider the best course of action : |
| 9 | The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm |
| 10 | Unfortunately , if you got too close to him you were tempted to look around for the source of the odour — perhaps there was an overdressed salad in the vicinity ? |
| 11 | It was dreadful while you could n't remember what time tea break was , or what time breakfast was , or what time you were meant to line up for this , that or the other , or what time doses [ handing out medication ] was . |
| 12 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 13 | When she was beginning to cry out for him , while he still hovered over her , taunting her with the prospect of even now being denied what she had at first fought against , he demanded her verbal surrender too . |
| 14 | They were preparing to check in for a flight to Tokyo . |
| 15 | Their supply base had been moved forward to Benghazi , which by that time had been captured by the British , and it was intended to stay out for as long as two months , mounting almost nightly raids . |
| 16 | The government announced on Aug. 20 that it was planning to open up for exploration by foreign oil companies areas that had hitherto been reserved for Indian state-owned companies . |
| 17 | A stranger entered the bidding and soon gave the impression that he was determined to carry on for as long as was required to obtain the Baron . |
| 18 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |
| 19 | It was n't just here and now , he was part of the past and he was going to sign up for the WEA history and archaeology classes . |
| 20 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |