Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [conj] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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1 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
2 | Flustered , Rory turned her back on him and all but ran for the kitchen . |
3 | The operations management data are largely those given by companies in their annual report and accounts , with the difference that they were collected directly from company executives and not as published for the benefit of shareholders . |
4 | During the day a Cant Z.501 flyingboat of the 184 a Squadriglia R.M. was also lost , apparently to Malta fighters , and probably while searching for the downed German aircrew ; the crew of this aircraft were rescued near the Sicilian coast . |
5 | What the hell , he was up and about and dressed for the road . |
6 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |