Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There also sometimes seems to be a feeling that the media could have got themselves better organised and asked for the material earlier . |
| 2 | That leaves mothers , children and older people behind in the mad scramble for the doors when the bus arrives , to stand packed together jolted and elbowed for the long slow journeys . |
| 3 | On nights like this all Fontanellato was out , defying the curfew , and we all prayed that it would soon end and prayed for the people who lived there . |
| 4 | The queue on Sat am was outrageous , and I was told that the end of it would n't get Oxford tickets , so I just left and hoped for the best with the fax request . |
| 5 | Discarding the bird bone , Grimm gathered up Meh'Lindi 's silk gown , stole and slippers from where they still lay and headed for the bedroom door , followed by Meh'Lindi . |
| 6 | And if you found that you had entered the company of players , of actors , of those descended from strolling vagabonds and historically always noted and envied for the looseness of their morals , then all your Christmases came at once . |
| 7 | Young girls even screamed and squealed for the politician as if he was their favourite teen rock idol . |
| 8 | The Government is called upon to ensure that the Railway Inspectorate is adequately staffed and resourced for the increased responsibilities in the wake of the report . |