Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sauntered about for an hour before I could find Sir James Macdonald … |
| 2 | The following day I signed up for an accountancy course as an ‘ extra option ’ . |
| 3 | I rang immediately for an ambulance , and then went back to stay with her . |
| 4 | Dr Tehyi Hsieh took five curtain calls after that lecture , and I went back-stage for an interview afterwards . |
| 5 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 6 | I sat there for an hour stuffing my stomach and telling him exactly what had happened . |
| 7 | She sought desperately for an answer , but could find none . |
| 8 | You are a turkey — ’ she cast about for an even worse insult , ‘ a puritan ! ’ |
| 9 | In 1980 we changed to a system of community and private nurses who came in for an hour or two in the morning and evening . |
| 10 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 11 | With the pitch playing easily , the tail wagged , led by Morrison , who hung around for an hour while England fretted . |
| 12 | She says she wept nonstop for an hour during which she gradually began to realize that she had been out of her mind for the last six weeks . |
| 13 | Pro-reunification protestors dominated Leipzig 's Karl Marx Square on Monday , shouting down other groups who spoke out for an independent and socialist East Germany . |
| 14 | Then , realising quickly that this must be a professional call , she waited calmly for an explanation . |
| 15 | Now she wished fervently for an old-fashioned attendant to match the commissionaire downstairs and the man who had driven Luke 's car away to park it . |
| 16 | Flustered anew , she felt a warm flush of embarrassment flood her face as she searched vainly for an answer . |
| 17 | When the Cambodian peace talks in Paris broke down in 1988 , it was Mr Solarz , along with the Australian foreign minister , Gareth Evans , who pushed successfully for an expanded UN role in the transitional peace settlement . |
| 18 | It seemed that she stood there for an age before Nicky said , ‘ A cup of tea would be rather nice . ’ |
| 19 | We trudged around for an hour or so , unable to face the thought of lunch , and found another small hotel near Chamartin ( we were going back by train the next day by the last evening train ) . |
| 20 | We floundered around for an hour or so , seeing a few wood sandpipers and dusky redshanks ( who invariably saw us first ) . |
| 21 | They teamed up for an after-show celebration after Elton and rock star Eric Clapton thrilled fans at a huge outdoor concert in New York . |
| 22 | More than 50 business men and women showed their incredible resolve when they turned up for an emergency meeting in Craigavon yesterday . |
| 23 | He plunged down for an interminable second , arms and legs splayed out in abandon , forgotten , tumbling anyhow , and crashed onto the stage on his back , lying across Bothwell , whose cloak was the colour of blood . |
| 24 | He rightly felt that in the age of nuclear weapons any future war in Europe would be an act of suicide and so from 1956 he appealed repeatedly for an improvement in East-West relations and for super-power disengagement in the continent 's central heartland . |
| 25 | Juul was undefeated by an opponent in his four scheduled rides although in heat 13 when he came out for an extra race he was disqualified for unfair riding when bringing down Donny Odom and Steve Regeling . |
| 26 | Snuggling into his chair , he settled down for an hour or two 's tinkering . |
| 27 | On Jan. 16 he called again for an intensification of the armed struggle , but on Jan. 18 he reportedly told the executive council meeting that currently " we do not have the capacity within our country to intensify the armed struggle in any meaningful way " , that the ANC must " begin without delay to prepare our negotiating position " , and that in the event of its being unbanned it would have to decide whether to operate only as a legal movement or , alternatively , to maintain underground units . |
| 28 | It looked round for an ally , and found one in the old hereditary enemy , Austria-Hungary . |
| 29 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 30 | He went out for an evening walk , and that really got Dolly 's goat . |