Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 2 | He closed his eyes and waited for the pupils to widen . |
| 3 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 4 | When he drew he put aside all other considerations and reached for the truth . |
| 5 | Iris picked up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom . |
| 6 | Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom , her mind retracing the events of the night . |
| 7 | They spouted the need for hard line , no compromise , battle tactics and urged for the medium of roack/pop music to be used for propaganda purposes . |
| 8 | As she dropped to the ground in a crouch , preparing to make another attempt at the obstacle , Frankie turned on his heels and raced for the house . |
| 9 | My hands left the gun hanging in mid-air above my knees and went for the catapult , which as always was hanging on my belt , the arm-rest stuck down between that and my cords . |
| 10 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 11 | Iris picked up the tray of coffee mugs and headed for the kitchen , then stopped short . |
| 12 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |
| 13 | That done , the wee dandy , roofed by a wig of blazing defiance , hooked thumbs into his waistcoat pockets and sauntered for the bar-top city heights . |
| 14 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |
| 15 | He had been one of oil giant Ultramar 's youngest directors and worked for the firm for more than 20 years . |
| 16 | The eyebrow quirked further , but fitzAlan merely rose to his feet and reached for the pack on the floor beside the bed . |
| 17 | The DI got to his feet and headed for the door . |
| 18 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 19 | They swarmed on board with the agility of rats and leapt for the defenders . |
| 20 | In this experiment , only Group M is learning on Day 2 , whilst Group N is repeating similar but already learned behaviour to that of Group M. Immediately after the trial on Day 2 we took the birds and looked for the expression of one of the immediate early genes , c-jun . |
| 21 | When they had finished with the shower , they recovered their belongings and headed for the resort . |
| 22 | To illustrate , we will reconsider the last example and assume that the individual did not close his position after five days but waited for the last trading day which was the following day . |
| 23 | A competitor par excellence , Sarah passed six ‘ O ’ levels , rode for the school team at Hickstead , starred in amateur dramatic productions and swam for the school team . |
| 24 | As Inge plunged down the stairs and headed for the kitchen at the back of the house , Shiona watched her go with an almost envious smile . |
| 25 | He curled up and covered his head with his arms and waited for the dark to absorb him . |
| 26 | The master hit him with the serving spoon , then seized Oliver 's arms and shouted for the beadle . |
| 27 | After Nancarrow had deprived Marshall of a 7–0 lead in the decisive fourth game , Marshall saved two match points and served for the match twice , only to be foiled twice by a drop shot . |
| 28 | ‘ One member of staff left for a moment and a man in his mid-30s appeared out of nowhere with what appeared to be a gun and pushed it into the other assistant 's ribs and asked for the money . |
| 29 | As soon as they 'd gone , I got on the phone to Directory Enquiries and asked for the number of the Maidstone hospital . |
| 30 | The bus pulled away from her children and headed for the market-place . |