Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 2 | I secretly hoped for twenty-one . |
| 3 | I had sweat all over my face and as soon as they opened the door I just went for one of them . |
| 4 | One leads up an unfrequented glen occupied by wild goats and skirts the northern flank of Beinn Fhada to arrive at a rough bealach or col , where I once shivered for two hours waiting for the mist to lift off Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan ahead , which it did not . |
| 5 | I 'll never forget the cellar of a little pub where I once stood for 10 agonizing minutes — ( it seemed like a century ) — with three of my friends , facing four of the meanest-looking characters I had ever met . |
| 6 | I would n't buy anything unless it had the British Standard kitemark on it to show it was safety approved , and I also went for reputable makes , taking cost into consideration , too , of course . |
| 7 | If memory serves me right , I was promoted to Div 45 paddling in an Augsburg 72 , a high volume boat which I also used for many white water trips . |
| 8 | It 's a great guitar , which I also used for most of the rhythm parts , but then the Les Pauls just took over ! ’ |
| 9 | It would have been defeat over what I now knew for certain was a perfectly reasonable and legal procedure which I would have found hard to handle . |
| 10 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 11 | I never meant for any of this to happen . ’ |
| 12 | I never meant for this to happen ! |
| 13 | I never discovered for certain if he knew I was watching him . |
| 14 | I never said for sure that 's where the stuff would arrive . ’ |
| 15 | I NEVER thought for one moment that my life would become bound up with rivers . |
| 16 | Although the sides of the flysheet moved in high winds I never felt for one minute it would take off . |
| 17 | I spent so much effort and expense to outbid my rivals , I never stopped for one moment to consider if I really wanted the prize . |
| 18 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 19 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 20 | She only asked for one word to be removed . ’ |
| 21 | As she spoke , joy brightened her face , and the love she still felt for this man was alive in her every word . |
| 22 | Moving on through your questions , you also asked for ten people who have inspired me politically . |
| 23 | She also asked for 31 similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 24 | She also asked for those who were unable to attend the AGM to be thanked for the lovely watch presented to her at the end of her term as Chairman . |
| 25 | She then looked for these citations in the databases . |
| 26 | She then looked for these citations in the databases . |
| 27 | On Saturday she again walked for some hours around and about the tree-lined , wide , clean streets of the spa town with its artistic colonnade and its many curative springs . |
| 28 | You never knew for sure … |
| 29 | You never knew for sure what Frank was thinking . |
| 30 | Well , no , we are governed by our Annual General Meeting , but it 's not unrealistic to ask for double figures , because basically we were talking in that vein last year , and of course we eventually settled for 8.8 . |