Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 2 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 3 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 4 | A MOTHER told how getting up for a drink of milk saved her family from a house fire . |
| 5 | Vincent decided not to hang about for the landlord , but head back on foot the way they had come . |
| 6 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 7 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 8 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 9 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 10 | Although tankers did not come in for the attention they received in the 1980s , on 25 January Platt 's carried an account of an attack on an Iraqi tanker by US aircraft . |
| 11 | Turning well inside the box he side-stepped Birney to hammer in a shot which McConnell did well to push out for a corner . |
| 12 | My sister and I were investments that did n't pay off for the income that is derived from investment is unearned income : having made that initial payment , the investor need make no further effort . |
| 13 | If you did n't watch out for the traffic |
| 14 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 15 | No I 'm stopping in with our kid , you know , and you could n't impose on , on so er if there was fisticuffs , fights , falling out , I 'll fetch our kid , I 'll fetch our wench , I mean there we you used to , honestly and truthfully , you , you used to feel it , you know erm because when there was any trouble , problems or like that there was always somebody to share it well it had the advantages in some ways , perhaps you was er had a little bit more luxuries than the f bigger family , but i in my mind that did n't make up for the companionship of brothers and sisters , no b b b b that , that 's w how I put it anyway . |
| 16 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 17 | ‘ They did n't call round for a chat , for Christ 's sake . |
| 18 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 19 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 20 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |
| 21 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 22 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |
| 23 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 24 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |
| 25 | It therefore did n't add up for the government or the CEGB to argue that nuclear power provided such an enormously valuable insurance cover . |
| 26 | I did n't stick around for the session . |
| 27 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
| 28 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 29 | In the second incident , involving the credit card , he had only gone along for the ride , and had not used the card himself , said Mr Harper . |
| 30 | After all , I had only come back for a day or two to buy some good German clothes . |