Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lived together for a while . ’ |
| 2 | Glumly we headed Islingtonwards for the ritual finger-wagging and fine . |
| 3 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 4 | We lined up for the final with the usual American din coming from the stands . |
| 5 | At Myitkyina we camped out for the night in a mission schoolroom and early next morning managed to get a lift out to the airstrip two miles away . |
| 6 | ‘ We came here for a purpose . |
| 7 | When we came home for a mid-day dinner , the washing lines in the back garden would be hung with sheets , towels , our clothes , hankies and so on . |
| 8 | We trudged around for an hour or so , unable to face the thought of lunch , and found another small hotel near Chamartin ( we were going back by train the next day by the last evening train ) . |
| 9 | We turned round for a look . |
| 10 | We walked round for a bit then we came back and watched The Bug-Eyed Monster Strikes Back on the television . |
| 11 | We walked from Little Thomham to Steams of Shimpling ; and we walked there for a week . |
| 12 | We walked out for the victory ceremony and stood behind the plinth . |
| 13 | Following the recent and much-lamented demolition of the Firestone Factory by Trafalgar House , we pressed successfully for the listing of the School of Music . |
| 14 | She wanted a child , so we signed up for the eugenics lottery . |
| 15 | One particular incident which sticks in my mind which brought home to me how ill he was occurred when my mother sent me one morning to ask my father what he wanted for breakfast , to which he replied in a very vague and confused manner " hen mush " ( the term we gave to the vegetable matter we cooked up for the chickens ) . |
| 16 | We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable . |
| 17 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 18 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
| 19 | And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement . |
| 20 | As we trooped in for the service , the sun caught it and , for a moment , I had a virion of what it must have really looked like , all those years ago , when they nailed poor old JC up before the people , one bright day in palestine . |
| 21 | I know that was you but y you do n't , I mean I remember u the fire we used to have here and it was n't till I gave it to a friend , I mean we kept here for a year alright , lucky enough , we did n't use it anyway I gave to a friend who doing car boot , I found it in the attic an he said to me Brenda , he said , did you ever use this fire ? |
| 22 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 23 | We sent away for a Plaque Attacker from an advert in your magazine . |
| 24 | On the rare occasions when we went away for a fortnight — to my grandfather 's dank cottage on the Welsh border , land of the slate grey sky — I could hardly wait to get back and listen to the two-weeks ' worth of messages crammed on my answering machine . |
| 25 | And erm and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them so we never got we went through for a video really , never got round to looking for a video did we ? |
| 26 | All three of us if we went up for a weekend . |
| 27 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 28 | At Easter we went there for a holiday , and often have since . |
| 29 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 30 | And we went there for the Christmas one did n't we ? |