Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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1 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
2 | I made straight for the curtains , and he went by me without noticing . |
3 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
4 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
5 | How I got round for the four days of the tournament , I do n't know . |
6 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
7 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
8 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
9 | On the second day , I geared up for the Horseshoe Pass , three miles up followed by a long down to Llangollen . |
10 | I came here for the history . |
11 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
12 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
13 | He told me , before I first went to England in 1947 , to make sure I came back for the next Australian season so that I would be eligible for selection for the '48 tour . |
14 | With the playback that in fact erm as has said it showed me what in fact I was doing right and wrong , erm I 've been on television before once when I was running the London marathon but this time it was actually me and me alone in a work element and I could in fact see what I was doing and why I was doing it and understand in fact the corrections from the morning to in fact the afternoon presentation when I came back for the second one . |
15 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
16 | Well , I came home for the 1986 Turnberry Open expecting to caddie for Mac O'Grady but that did n't materialize , so Nick and I joined up in July 1986 . |
17 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
18 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
19 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
20 | I finned madly for the surface , and was told off very severely for making an ascent like a pricked balloon . |
21 | ‘ I turned up for the interview , amid all these Bond beauties , in my tight black jersey dress on a really hot day , with false nails and false eyelashes sliding down my face , ’ Julie recalls with a smile . |
22 | ‘ You will perhaps readily object , ‘ I prayed earnestly for the life of the deceased . |
23 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
24 | " I think it would be better if I worked through for the rest of today . |
25 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
26 | For many months I watched carefully for the smoke from fires , but I did n't see anything . |
27 | The next morning he had left us to rejoin his regiment , even before Granpa and I started out for the market . |
28 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |
29 | I went on further , and their lightness and gleam had gone when I looked back for the last time . |
30 | While leaving it to cool , I reached over for the map ; the mug was caught by my sleeve , fell forward with a gurgle , and emptied . |