Example sentences of "and i [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door . |
| 2 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 3 | He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me . |
| 4 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 5 | Bob Platt and I pressed for a bowler as fiercely as we could , but to no avail . |
| 6 | And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days . |
| 7 | ‘ But there were some problem areas , and I went for a swim to get it out of my system . ’ |
| 8 | The following morning , the scout picked me up and I went for a trial . |
| 9 | When the telegram arrived , Joan and I went for a walk so that I could work the adrenalin out of my system . |
| 10 | It was pleasant out of doors and I went for a walk , down by the station , along the Wharf and across the promenade . ’ |
| 11 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 12 | We both smiled , and I knew for a fact that she was n't Daine . |
| 13 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 14 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 15 | and I worked for the council so he spoke to me one day and he said , Will you cut the roads with a tractor and a mower . |
| 16 | It was cool in the shade and I stayed for a while by the deep pool below the falls before turning back to the path and climbing through the heat of the late morning past Poor 's Land towards Knarlton Knot . |
| 17 | A doctor sometimes sees people with a different eye from other people , and I wondered for a moment whether , despite her beauty and her apparently special position on the island , she was really happy . |
| 18 | Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery . |
| 19 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |
| 20 | And I learned to drive — mum and dad paid for my driving lessons and I paid for the driving test . |
| 21 | It was time to find Graham Fearnley and I headed for the champagne tent . |
| 22 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 23 | I was left feeling really dirty and confused , and I cried for a month . |