Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had less than a tenth of the jigsaw puzzle pieces , but even the fragments of a picture he was able to put together made him ache for Anne . |
| 2 | One night , waiting in her car outside a pub to which she had followed him , she suddenly found herself crying for the first time . |
| 3 | She constantly restrained her eating for fear of putting on weight . |
| 4 | Not only did we call for a ‘ Welsh Centre for Sustainability ’ to help translate global commitments to sustainable development into practical action suited to Wales , but we also ran many persuasive campaigns highlighting the true environmental costs of a range of development proposals . |
| 5 | And was it much did you get for you know |
| 6 | How long did we say for the survey ? |
| 7 | Yeah , and how long did they stay for , the whole summer ? |
| 8 | How , how long did you have for lunch ? |
| 9 | How long did it last for , that trouble ? |
| 10 | How long did it take for your stomach to settle down then ? |
| 11 | How long did he stay for ? |
| 12 | long did he play for them ? |
| 13 | I think it 's a long shot him signing for Leeds . |
| 14 | These will probably be things that they would have kept as a matter of course in their store cupboard in earlier days , but have gradually dropped off their shopping list as they grew older and only had themselves to cook for ; so there is no question of giving them new ideas — only trying to revive old ones , which may tempt them to prepare more varied and nourishing meals to achieve a balanced diet . |
| 15 | Mind you , Swindon only had themselves to blame for not getting more goals . |
| 16 | ‘ Bet Rachel 's ‘ avin ’ a good laugh , ’ he muttered wryly to himself for not only had he volunteered for fire-watching duties , but he had also volunteered the services of Dobbs and the cart since there was news of petrol rationing . |
| 17 | Robert half-expected the whole cycle to start again , so long had he waited for an answer to this question . |
| 18 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 19 | A man once asked him to pray for him . |
| 20 | Yet , perversely , she still found herself looking for him . |
| 21 | Even the lowest of the qualifiers still had something to play for . |
| 22 | Maman always said she fell for Daddy when she saw how precise and gentle he was with his fingers while filling his pipe . |
| 23 | Sara used to spy on the boys but if she ever had anything going for her I did n't know about it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She also asked me to recount for her the circumstances leading up to the car crash in May 1968 in which poor Willy Morpurgo suffered brain damage . ’ |
| 25 | He practically invited you to go for a ride in his car . |
| 26 | I also proposed they aim for all other dogs ( except known or obvious ‘ nasties ’ ) and people , and to speak encouragingly to Moby as they did so , to keep him relaxed . |
| 27 | Although in most senses he enjoyed being there , to the denuded hills and the blackened crofts of neglected Dalriada , it also gave him cause for concern . |
| 28 | They really believed he cared for them . |
| 29 | The advertisement pages of The Scotsman in the golden Edwardian afternoon carried long columns of vacancies for parlourmaids , cooks and housemaids ( so it is not surprising , though it must have been a source of irritation , that male printers hostile to women entering the trade often urged them to look for work " in service " ) . |
| 30 | She often urged him to look for a suitable girl , but he always replied that there was plenty of time and to date no one had taken his fancy . |