Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 3 | ‘ I just went for a walk . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 5 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 6 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I once went for a job as a fisherman . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I also arranged for a van to take the body to the mortuary . |
| 12 | ‘ I really came for a word with Miss Passmore , but if she does n't mind you hearing what I have to say … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I strongly suspected for a long time that there were other men . |
| 14 | I almost forgot for a moment that I 'm married . ’ |
| 15 | If a guy I mean I 've worked for farmers I I actually worked for a farmer once from seven o'clock in the morning till nine o'clock at night for five quid . |
| 16 | I therefore went for a term to a crammer , secured the necessary credit and was accepted by Magdalen College . |
| 17 | I even got to the point where I was an approved parliamentary candidate , but I never applied for a seat so I ca n't say I was ever rejected ! ’ |
| 18 | I never thought for a minute we 'd come off that green with a shot in hand ; maybe one shot behind , never in front . |
| 19 | ‘ I never thought for a moment he would n't pull through , ’ said Alison . |
| 20 | ‘ I never thought for a moment he would n't pull through , ’ said Alison . |
| 21 | He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side . |
| 22 | I recently applied for a home-improvement loan that would raise my present mortgage above the building society 's original valuation of the property . |
| 23 | But her consultant was n't too keen on the idea and she eventually settled for a domino birth . |
| 24 | As a young actor you obviously went for a great deal of variety in characters and accents . |
| 25 | She only stayed for a few months , then she became unwell and had to give up the job . |
| 26 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
| 27 | She raced around the driveway on her blue tricycle , took her dolls for walks in her pram — she always asked for a new one as a birthday present — and helped to dress her smaller brother . |
| 28 | And , since you asked , she once went for a policeman with her stilettoes as he tried to bundle a black man into a car outside a dance hall on the bottom of the Tottenham Court Road ( derogatory remarks in that department were still more likely to earn a black eye than a black look in The Bar ) . |
| 29 | They included the former Communist , Alfred Sherman ( whom she later recommended for a knighthood ) ; Paul Johnson , one-time editor of the New Statesman ; and her close friend the former Labour MP and News of the World columnist , Woodrow Wyatt . |
| 30 | She also asked for a notice saying ‘ Please close the gate ’ . |