Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job . |
| 32 | I lunged for the computer which contained my first four hard-laboured chapters , and it literally burst into flames at my touch . |
| 33 | I gabbled for a second as shock and rage choked my words . |
| 34 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 35 | I made for the hotel 's main building with several other reporters when a man with an assault rifle appeared and said : ‘ Hit the floor . ’ |
| 36 | I made for the sideboard again to hover . |
| 37 | When both mares began aiding and abetting one another to increase the confusion and alarm , somewhere high over the Gulf I made for the cabin to solicit help . |
| 38 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 39 | She did have a job with the BBC and someone cared for the child in the day . |
| 40 | On landing I sought for the cottage occupied by the Duke of Hamilton 's piper , in which some friends had found most comfortable quarters the season before . |
| 41 | When I was sure he was alone , I followed him into the bank and while he queued I read a leaflet to see if I qualified for a home mortgage . |
| 42 | He then said that he now had confirmation from the police and that I qualified for a transfer and would receive an offer for Govan ( where my dad is ) within a week . |
| 43 | I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’ |
| 44 | I shouted for the landlady . |
| 45 | I trembled for the state of the upholstery . |
| 46 | It was going fine till I tried for a reduction . |
| 47 | I tried for a job . |
| 48 | I repeat that if one adds to that the £40 million from the foundation , the £20 million a year for football and the £1 million that I found for the champion coaching scheme , it is clear that our commitment to sport is greater than anyone 's . |
| 49 | I must admit the Hockin style was inclined to be more racy than that I used for the Gazette . |
| 50 | The outcome , according to Levi-Strauss , is a generalized circularity analogous to that which I described for the relationship in our commercial system between an author and his book-buying reader . |
| 51 | I got up and dressed quickly and as quietly as I could , but Colin was awake and he mumbled a ‘ good luck ’ as I headed for the door . |
| 52 | It was time to find Graham Fearnley and I headed for the champagne tent . |
| 53 | I headed for the tube station at Baker Street and turned down my collar as I came into the Marylebone Road . |
| 54 | I headed for the bus line . |
| 55 | I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was . |
| 56 | I stopped for a bite at an eating-place that was in a huge hove-bubble , drifting slowly about the roof-tops along one of the main spiral streets intersecting the city centre . |
| 57 | A psychological astronomer , I calculated its apogee at approximately 2 to 3 o'clock , unless of course I stopped for a drink . |
| 58 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 59 | ‘ I freelanced for a while and ended up doing a lot of work for the Bee Gees in Florida , for Andy Gibb in particular . |
| 60 | I experimented for a while with rudders on drifters , working on the principles of sailing crafts where the vane ( sail ) is set at an angle to the rudder ( submerged stem section ) so that although the wind would blow the vane at the same angle the offset rudder would make the float cut across the surface carrying it out into the lake even though the wind blew along the bank . |