Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 3 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |
| 4 | As her door began to open she grabbed for the telephone , then dropped the receiver as Luke appeared . |
| 5 | Justin says he ran for the first bit and now has a big blister |
| 6 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 7 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't think you know who shot Jay Hammond , but I 'm sure you know who paid for the job to be done . |
| 9 | ‘ I know you cared for the boy yourself . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I hear you qualified for the race . ’ |
| 11 | He 'll be ridiculed , he 'll be mocked , he 'll be scourged , you know something reserved for the people who were really being taught a lesson . |
| 12 | The coroner heard it revealed for the first time — none of the family knew it — that Charlie had had a stroke a few months before , which explained the strange behaviour . |
| 13 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 14 | In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months . |
| 15 | No not for the , I do n't think they went for the day . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I went for the Amazonian types , ’ he commented , ladling some of the food on to his plate warily . |
| 17 | ‘ The Christmas presents I bought for the kids . |
| 18 | And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’ |
| 19 | Normally that would mean they qualified for the world indoor event , but Johnson has the option of appealing to Athletics Canada for one of Canada 's two 60m berths . |
| 20 | It had not been posted from outside or even sent through the internal mail in one of the recycled envelopes Prince Charles insisted they used for the interminable memos that are a feature of Palace life . |
| 21 | ‘ Elizabeth ’ I got out and , suddenly emboldened , ‘ Like our great queen ’ I added , hoping I had guessed the correct period , thought it did for the present as a well . |
| 22 | So where do you think he went for the winter ? |
| 23 | The impression he was given he mistook for the truth , and his life-long opposition to the Christian faith was the consequence . |
| 24 | She looked so like my daughter did at her age , and the pleasure she gave me compensated for the lack of time I had with her mother when she was a child . |
| 25 | Once , middle-class muesli-belt dinner party guests would choke on their chardonnay when they learned I wrote for the Sun . |
| 26 | I think she did for the most part . |
| 27 | She said she said for the first week you unwind , I thought if we have a weeks holiday that means that the time you unwind you 're back to work again ! |
| 28 | And she said she spoke for the two other chip shop owners in the town in rebutting the charges . |
| 29 | He said he felt for the staff who had given so much for Timex , then added : ‘ I also feel sad for the strikers . ’ |
| 30 | He said he left for the thrill of a start-up rather than the tedium of maintenance , indicating Silicon Graphics , MIPS new master , did not consider making the MIPS chip a universal standard as much of a priority as Sun does the Sparc . |