Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 2 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 3 | I duly arrived for my first drive . |
| 4 | I secretly hoped for twenty-one . |
| 5 | I merely apologised for my rudeness and accepted a second cup of tea . |
| 6 | I literally jumped for joy when I heard that key turn in the lock and saw Mum and Mrs Taylor enter with another woman . |
| 7 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 8 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 9 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 10 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 11 | How would it look if I suddenly disappeared for weeks — leaving a gap that other people would have to fill — because my wife 's grandmother is ill on the other side of the world ? ’ |
| 12 | So I just waited for the contact , and hoped that my voice would sound calm and easy as I told Famlio my lies . |
| 13 | I just believed for awhile that the dream had gotten away from me … |
| 14 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |
| 15 | ‘ I just went for a walk . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 17 | I had sweat all over my face and as soon as they opened the door I just went for one of them . |
| 18 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 19 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 20 | I just went for the price . |
| 21 | I just lived for the minute ; if my tongue and lips and fingers travelled freely over her , that was good enough for forever . |
| 22 | She said , she thinks there might be a little well did you see Mandy when I tomorrow I just wanted for you to go |
| 23 | Two pound odd I just paid for mine . |
| 24 | My only desire was to keep these hideous creatures at bay whilst I desperately looked for a gap in the ring of steel surrounding me . |
| 25 | When I finally went for the ( pregnancy ) test , I thought , this is it , this is the point where I go on the Pill . |
| 26 | To make a long story short , I finally arranged for Service to record a brief message on tape which was flown to the Yukon and broadcast over loud-speakers during the cinema 's opening ceremonies . |
| 27 | He 's done me up like a kipper and I fucking fell for it . |
| 28 | I was nearly in love , I was proposed to a couple of times ; on the other hand , I once went for a year without men , without sex — both seemed too much trouble . |
| 29 | I once went for a job as a fisherman . |
| 30 | One leads up an unfrequented glen occupied by wild goats and skirts the northern flank of Beinn Fhada to arrive at a rough bealach or col , where I once shivered for two hours waiting for the mist to lift off Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan ahead , which it did not . |