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 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I never discovered for certain if he knew I was watching him . |
| 5 | I never said for sure that 's where the stuff would arrive . ’ |
| 6 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 7 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 8 | You never knew for sure … |
| 9 | You never knew for sure what Frank was thinking . |
| 10 | We only knew for certain that there was something strange afoot when we heard the sounds of a train being marshalled and it started coming towards the hostel , what is more terrifying was that it was coming on a non-existent track ! |
| 11 | We also looked for unpublished trials but found none . |
| 12 | We again dominated for long periods just like against ‘ Pool on Saturday but just could not score . |
| 13 | Strangely enough , we actually opened for Argent back in 1974 on one of our first big tours in America , and were promptly thrown off the tour for behaving like rude Americans … which all Americans are anyway . |
| 14 | They also pressed for free elections . |
| 15 | They also called for international aid . |
| 16 | They never campaigned for military preparedness . |
| 17 | He gives up a day job to write down the stories — of the Secret Mountain , the Sound that could be Seen , the Slow Children and the Magic Duvet — that he once told for free to a rabble of offspring and other kin and friends . |
| 18 | Just as he once battled for supreme fitness , he has poured his energy into learning to speak again . |
| 19 | It also provided for increased powers for the provincial governments , including a veto for all provinces over future constitutional change . |
| 20 | It also provided for increased powers for the provincial governments , including a veto for all provinces over future constitutional change . |
| 21 | He also called for existing club members to provide greater public access to their clubs . |
| 22 | He also called for urgent medical treatment and compensation for local residents , official estimates on the following day stating that the health of up to 120,000 people could have been endangered , principally by a beryllium oxide gas cloud which had settled over Ust Kamenogorsk for five hours after the accident ( beryllium contamination could cause disfunction of the lungs , liver , kidneys and central nervous system ) . |
| 23 | Surviving reports show that he also acted for other litigants during the same period , both in the Common Bench and in eyres . |
| 24 | It originally existed for pragmatic reasons . |
| 25 | And what if he never discovered for certain who had sent that letter ? |
| 26 | He occasionally went for lonely walks on the moors , and regularly visited his wife 's grave . |
| 27 | None of us really knew for certain what had gone wrong , although , well , you could n't help putting two and two together . |