Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delicately I reached for the telephone . |
| 2 | So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire . |
| 3 | That sounded great to me so I opted for the hike . |
| 4 | And so I waited for the darkness of the Tongan night to lift , my fingers tightly crossed . |
| 5 | So I settled for the fact that you ca n't devote the time which I feel you would need to give to the job . |
| 6 | So she made for the orchard first . |
| 7 | So she waited for the summons to the prince 's presence , and went with a demure step and a high heart when she was called at last . |
| 8 | The bedroom was on the same level as the terrace , the small sitting-room and the kitchen , and so she waited for the sound of another door or footsteps on the stone staircase down to the entrance hall . |
| 9 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 10 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 11 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 12 | Basically it provided for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered through the NHS under the central direction of the Minister of Health . |
| 13 | Instinctively she headed for the fence at the far end , wanting to be as far away from the house as possible . |
| 14 | Home I went for the Christmas vac with the ragged tatters of what should have been a well-moulded start to a brilliant career ! |
| 15 | The more I did for the Trust , the more I learnt about pregnancy , birth , breastfeeding , motherhood and myself . |
| 16 | Calmly I paid for the pod 's berth and walked away , neither too fast nor too slow . |
| 17 | Quickly she reached for the doorknob , only to find her frantic effort useless as Rune 's hand slammed against the door , holding it fast . |
| 18 | Yesterday we called for the Attorney General , Sir Nicholas Lyell , to examine Courtney 's case following his conviction 15 days ago for two rapes and two indecent assaults . |
| 19 | Hours later he reached for the bedside table again . |
| 20 | Today I called for the gravy dinner plus two vedge and a carafe of red — which for me , rotting veteran of Pizza Pit and Burger Shack , of Doner Den and Furter Hut , is the equivalent of a handful of brown rice and a glass of effervescent Vitamin C. ( There are health-food joints around here , run by aged hippies or unsmiling Danes . |
| 21 | A year or so ago I motored for the fun of it through Latvia and Estonia , from Riga to what was then still Leningrad , and never thought to encounter such ramshackle roads again . |
| 22 | " Presumably he telephoned for the mechanic before he left . " |
| 23 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 24 | Sometimes she longed for the sound of traffic and street cries . |
| 25 | Silently she waited for the lion 's roar . |
| 26 | Consequently you arranged for the issue of invoice 3827 , dated 16 November 1992 . |
| 27 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 28 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 29 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 30 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |