Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then how would I have felt , she asked herself as she hurled the jeep down the motorway , finding that I 'd fallen again for a man as cold and hard as that — finding out when it was too late what he was really like ? |
| 2 | They 'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs , cans of luncheon meat , and tea . |
| 3 | Then they 'd gone in for a look . |
| 4 | She wondered if the others were playing a joke on her : perhaps they 'd gone out for a walk ; perhaps , at this very moment , they were laughing at the thought of her waiting for a killer who would never come . |
| 5 | I had this octopus once in Germany and it , we 'd gone out for a meal and I was gon na have steak and mushrooms and |
| 6 | Cowslip seemed taken aback for a moment . |
| 7 | ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’ |
| 8 | I married Melanie , if I 'm honest , because she was the only one who 'd held out for a wedding-ring . ’ |
| 9 | It was not until they moved to Brisbane that life became settled enough for a house to hold much significance . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ Yanto began hastily , ‘ I was told he got pinned down for a week in no-man 's land during the battle of the Somme in 1916 . |
| 11 | Mrs Diggory looked taken aback for a moment , but she took the hand and then ushered the lady inside , talking all the while . |
| 12 | In the 1970s the police were often concerned with the need to keep apart two rival groups , each of which had gathered together for a demonstration in the same place and at the same time . |
| 13 | Yes he had booked there for a week , I think it was for a business meeting with Mr Sandy , that 's all I know . |
| 14 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 15 | If the literary establishment had thought to compare notes they would have realized that every male aura on and off Fleet Street had come in for a bashing . |
| 16 | She led the way into the communal hall which she personally had taken upon herself to brighten up with a vase of dried flowers and a couple of good , but ancient , rugs which she had picked up for a song at an auction sale . |
| 17 | After Arnold died , Nancy , feeling more strongly than ever what she had always known , that he was the only man she had loved , came to live permanently in the house where he had always seemed happiest , a piece of property he had picked up for a song in the sixties from Barone Dulcibene 's father-in-law , old Count Umberto Baderini . |
| 18 | Earlier in the day he had searched anxiously for a tape of Whitney Houston doing ‘ The Greatest Love of All ’ , a song written especially for Ali years ago . |
| 19 | The town 's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership . |
| 20 | WORKERS at a tyre fitting depot had closed early for a Hogmanay heroin party , the High Court in Aberdeen heard yesterday . |
| 21 | Duncan was dug in at the bottom of the orchard and had called in for a chat on his way from Brigade H.Q He was very interested in bagpipe music , having served with the Gordon Highlanders before joining the Commandos . |
| 22 | I was surprised , for I had lost all count of time and had felt it had gone on for a week . |
| 23 | He says a boy had gone away for a weekend and had come back to the school with the tablets and then sold them . |
| 24 | If I had gone away for a couple of days , I returned expecting almost to have to push the door open but to my amazement , the place was immaculate . |
| 25 | She told him in fact that Dinah had gone away for a day or two , but shortly a letter came . |
| 26 | It was sent to Alison 's brother , Mark , and implied that she and their father had gone away for a break as both were suffering from depression . |
| 27 | He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal . |
| 28 | It was a small grave , and at its head was a low wooden cross inscribed with his name , date of birth , and date of death ; and as I passed , I had a vision of a little Aberdeen terrier who had gone off for a run by himself , and was now sporting in the fields of Paradise . |
| 29 | It was dusk , and the evening was as still and airless as the previous one when , impatient for news , Zen had gone out for a stroll . |
| 30 | A Teesside inquest heard how Wayne had gone out for a spin in the W-reg white Ford Escort with four pals in November last year . |