Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [art] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wandered around for a while and ran into a few of the household busy with their duties . |
| 2 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
| 3 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 4 | From the very first , he painted professionally for a living and achieved fame primarily for his paintings of Nelsonian and Roman events . |
| 5 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 6 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |
| 7 | The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again . |
| 8 | Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support . |
| 9 | Last year they came back for a checkup and medics found their wheelchairs were ruined by the war torn terrain . |
| 10 | I dawdled around for a while and then headed south . |
| 11 | The women lived with it — some of them came here for a week and then went back to it . |
| 12 | Friends say he cared deeply for the countryside and worked tirelessly to improve the public rights of way network through his job as footpath officer for the Richmondshire group of the ramblers ' association , which he helped to start . |
| 13 | It may be that the poll tax was used as a pretext for anarchists , militants and other left-wing Labour Party fellow travellers to encourage riots and civil disorder , but many joined in for the kicks and cared little about the issue . |
| 14 | I must thank the judges who did a good job for us apart from three who entered , showed up for a while and were then missing when their turn was due . |
| 15 | Entire villages turned out for the spectacle and in Györ , the Bishop himself headed the assembled burghers . |
| 16 | At an FA inquiry in February , City pleaded that , because of a tram strike on Christmas Day , the crowd arrived late for the match and there were no police to stop them rushing the ground . |
| 17 | Llewelyn 's blazing smile showed abstractedly for an instant and was gone . |
| 18 | Potter made straight for the peak and plummeted down the perpendicular drop : the lip curled over him and he was inside the tube . |
| 19 | When the Watermen closed its doors , Connor locked up for the night and made his way upstairs . |
| 20 | Melissa glanced back for a moment and watched her plodding stolidly on her way . |
| 21 | Suddenly , the Junkers belched a long tongue of red flame , straightened out for a moment and then spun down into the water . |
| 22 | We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable . |
| 23 | According to the Life of Thomas Hardy ‘ they found lodgings at the house of an invalided captain of smacks and ketches ; and Hardy , suspending his house-hunting , settled down for the autumn and winter to finish his fifth novel , The Hand of Ethelberta ’ . |
| 24 | Tom 's widow and son flew over for the service and were very appreciative of the many old friends who attended , and for the lovely lunch provided by the ladies of the Kinghan Church . |
| 25 | ‘ Never needed one , ’ the beautiful barmaid explained , as Cornelius settled up for the bread and board . |
| 26 | Hop growing was the main industry in the village and the school 's calendar was very much influenced by the farming calendar : ‘ August 24th , 1883 — broke up for the harvest and hop tying today . |
| 27 | Kevin Keen worked tirelessly for the Londoners and Alvin Martin was prominent in defence despite the heavy scoreline . |
| 28 | A barking broke out for a bit and then was still . |
| 29 | This Act introduced the Rate Support Grant , made LEAs ( rather than central government ) responsible for paying for school meals and milk , and allocated funds ( under Section 11 ) to local authorities for payment of staff employed specifically for the education and welfare of immigrants . |
| 30 | This despoliation was greater than any perpetrated after 1453 by the Turks who , in general , cared well for the structure and revered it as a mosque . |