Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left half his breakfast and wandered aimlessly about for an hour or two , listening to the other residents telling one another how awful it was . |
| 2 | Finding decent practice facilities was a constant headache , leading to some crazy situations ; in St Vincent , for example , Ken Barrington , the assistant manager , hunted all over for a place for Boycott to practise , and eventually found a piece of flat ground near the airport which had ducks waddling around and a donkey at long leg . |
| 3 | Robyn rummaged frantically around for her shoes . |
| 4 | Then he walked heavily on for a pace or two until his tracks merged with the cart-way , then he turned back along the ruts to the stream and did the same thing again , more lightly this time . |
| 5 | As they came through the exit doors , Ricky looked wearily round for an Avis sign . |
| 6 | Me and Andy looked all over for you both last night I had a few things on my mind |
| 7 | She looked desperately around for Gabriel . |
| 8 | He looked desperately around for a weapon , picked up a bowl of hot soup and threw it at Edgar , who started screaming . |
| 9 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 10 | She was in her office all Tuesday afternoon and went straight off for a couple of days on some residential course . ’ |
| 11 | You know she went straight in for it without sort of seeing how well |
| 12 | I woke as usual at half past six , and went straight out for a run in the park , like I do every morning , with LCpl Smith who has the bunk next to mine . |
| 13 | They were streaming through the connecting door , muttering discontentedly and clutching their books and papers as they looked hopelessly around for somewhere to sit . |
| 14 | I looked woozily around for Mr and Mrs Gould but there was no sign of them . |
| 15 | Tina walked towards him in the rain-washed playground while Jack looked warily round for her brother . |
| 16 | Placing her bag on the table , she halted beside him as she looked vaguely round for a mug . |
| 17 | Instead he went flat out for the green and hit a magificent draw , or even a hook , on to and over the green . |
| 18 | Parkside were another team which benefitted from batting second , they put visitors Fisons in to bat and bowled then out for 62 , knocking off the runs for the loss of only one wicket . |
| 19 | We ran flat out for half a mile before we could throw them off . ’ |