Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Frenchman saw what was happening , he shouted angrily for the senator to stop . |
| 2 | He lifted a strong hand , signalled brusquely for the Mercedes to pick them up , and pushed her into the rear seats , sliding in next to her . |
| 3 | Environment and parliamentary groups pressed repeatedly for the UK to drop its opposition to the Directive . |
| 4 | Fitzgerald then served out for the set to turn the match into a real struggle , or so we thought , but Grabb and McEnroe stepped up a gear midway through the fourth set to take control . |
| 5 | When the water reached a level the Duchesse deemed sufficient ( she was mean with it with people she did not like ) , she called out for the bather to come along , and she left , taking the handle of the hot tap with her . |
| 6 | The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict . |
| 7 | The intermediary in the deal was Christoph Graf Douglas , head of Sotheby 's Germany , who pleaded strongly for the collection to remain intact in Germany . |
| 8 | An hour later the village bobby was let into the house by Mr Lawson , and shortly afterwards they emerged together for the Chancellor to give the message the world 's money markets had been waiting for . |
| 9 | The sky clouded , grew overcast and heavy , and they waited patiently for the rain to start in on them again , knowing they would be in the warmth of Ivrigar by nightfall . |
| 10 | For most of the following day , the team of operators waited patiently for the temperature to drop . |
| 11 | The people prayed to their gods and waited impatiently for the seasons to change . |
| 12 | Evelyn waited anxiously for the heaving to subside . |
| 13 | They took him from his horse , and laid him tenderly on the ground ; Ranulf stood watch while they waited quietly for the man to die . |
| 14 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 15 | Soon afterwards Chola and Mina set out for the hills to gather grass . |
| 16 | Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof . |
| 17 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 18 | As the flames died down and the dancers stood back for the family to precede them upstairs into the Long Room , there was a subtle change in the atmosphere . |
| 19 | I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it . |