Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became at once possessive about it … there was already talk about the war ending and Sadler 's Wells reopening and it seemed to me entirely fitting for the Sadler 's Wells Company to reopen the theatre at Rosebery Avenue after the war with a new opera by a leading young English composer . |
| 2 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 6 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 7 | So I just waited for the contact , and hoped that my voice would sound calm and easy as I told Famlio my lies . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I just went for a walk . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 11 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 12 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 13 | I just went for the price . |
| 14 | I just lived for the minute ; if my tongue and lips and fingers travelled freely over her , that was good enough for forever . |
| 15 | Can I , can I just pass for a minute and think on this one and come back . |
| 16 | , can I just speak for a minute . |
| 17 | I just look for the obvious first . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I normally go for the Vine Street set , ’ he divulges , ‘ but I did n't manage to get that in the final . |
| 19 | Having a bit of a rest in the winter , I was able to relax a little bit more , so I think I came over a lot fresher than I normally do for the start of the season . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | When I finally went for the ( pregnancy ) test , I thought , this is it , this is the point where I go on the Pill . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I once went for a job as a fisherman . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't think how I ever cared for the things . |
| 25 | No way could I ever vote for a person who approved of cruelty to animals and I would urge anyone who cares anything about animals to cast their vote elsewhere . |
| 26 | How did I ever fall for a paper-clip ? |
| 27 | Did anyone else get a copy of the mail order catalogue accompanied by a nice letter this morning , or was I specially chosen for the honour ? |
| 28 | I always looked for the sounds ; whether it was musically correct or not did n't bother me , but it had to have a certain sound to it . ’ |
| 29 | I always looked for the kitemark when I was buying things . |
| 30 | I always fear for the fingers of the Portuguese works who feed these strips through the punching machines that make the corks , deftly guiding faults in the strip away from the cutter . |