Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 2 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 3 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 4 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 5 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 6 | So I just waited for the contact , and hoped that my voice would sound calm and easy as I told Famlio my lies . |
| 7 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |
| 8 | ‘ I just went for a walk . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 10 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 11 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 12 | I just went for the price . |
| 13 | I just lived for the minute ; if my tongue and lips and fingers travelled freely over her , that was good enough for forever . |
| 14 | My only desire was to keep these hideous creatures at bay whilst I desperately looked for a gap in the ring of steel surrounding me . |
| 15 | When I finally went for the ( pregnancy ) test , I thought , this is it , this is the point where I go on the Pill . |
| 16 | I was nearly in love , I was proposed to a couple of times ; on the other hand , I once went for a year without men , without sex — both seemed too much trouble . |
| 17 | I once went for a job as a fisherman . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't think how I ever cared for the things . |
| 19 | I always looked for the sounds ; whether it was musically correct or not did n't bother me , but it had to have a certain sound to it . ’ |
| 20 | I always looked for the kitemark when I was buying things . |
| 21 | I always voted for the person I thought less crooked because I did n't , and do n't think , there is much difference between the parties . |
| 22 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 23 | That too was a heady experience , but I still hankered for the farm life . |
| 24 | We 'd played fairly steady , and as we went to the 11th tee I automatically reached for the driver . |
| 25 | I also arranged for a van to take the body to the mortuary . |
| 26 | I also stayed for the required time that politeness dictates . |
| 27 | In this conversation I also learned for the first time that my father had been a poor vicar . |
| 28 | The houses looked completely different from those in Trieste , most of which were grey and severe , and although I had seen picture postcards of Venice nothing could have prepared me for what I now saw for the first time from the steps of the railway station . |
| 29 | ‘ I really came for a word with Miss Passmore , but if she does n't mind you hearing what I have to say … ’ |
| 30 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |