Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 2 | Delicately I reached for the telephone . |
| 3 | At six o'clock everyone assembled for dinner and Mr Priddy signalled that the first course could be taken in , a heavy tureen of mock turtle soup which was to be served from a side table . |
| 4 | Well , perhaps I asked for it in a way , ’ Felicity admitted reluctantly . |
| 5 | Obviously I felt for him , I would n't have been too delighted if our positions had been reversed ; and they could so easily have been . |
| 6 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 7 | So I went for it . |
| 8 | So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire . |
| 9 | So I sued for breach of contract . |
| 10 | So I applied for my discharge and it was granted . |
| 11 | Aye , cos about six month ago there was a job come up in our office for like a trainee assistant manager type , well an assistant to an assistant manager kind of thing so I applied for it and another woman in the office applied for it cos she 's been here for like sixteen years or whatever . |
| 12 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 13 | So I arranged for one of the estate stalkers to take the remains up the river , when the Colonel and his lady were out for the day . ’ |
| 14 | Eventually , though , I could no longer manage him at home — he was so weak ; so I arranged for him to go into the residential home , where Miss Prescott and Mrs Whitaker did everything they possibly could to make him happy and comfortable — and succeeded . |
| 15 | So I fell for it and I volunteered for the Guards , but after a week , they decided I , I 'd got flat feet which was n't very good for slamming your foot down as the guards demanded in those days . |
| 16 | That sounded great to me so I opted for the hike . |
| 17 | Anyway , er so I thought for a , I 've had a large of the press today which is , it 's a very tense case indeed . |
| 18 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 19 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 20 | And so I waited for the darkness of the Tongan night to lift , my fingers tightly crossed . |
| 21 | So I settled for dusting off his shoulder and giving it a quick squeeze . |
| 22 | The most obvious person to take it out on is your boyfriend , and so I settled for that . |
| 23 | So I settled for the fact that you ca n't devote the time which I feel you would need to give to the job . |
| 24 | Let when I tell you Edna , I s , I do sing you see so I sat for . |
| 25 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 26 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 27 | So I paid for it . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know how long I slept for , ’ Lucien said to Walterkin . |
| 29 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 30 | And Ben was all she had for companionship ; those who would have been her so-called friends she would n't let over her step , and those she would have liked to call friends would n't come near her step . |