Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was no surprise : neither of them cared much for Granny . |
| 2 | Helen was worse than me , I got up for Neighbours , I mean , she was really dead . |
| 3 | When I got home for Christmas he just said " What about listening to me now ? |
| 4 | We have also developed genetic sexing methods such as I described earlier for A. albimanus and we are using it with species such as A. gambiae s.s . , |
| 5 | When I came round for coffee . |
| 6 | I came up for air . |
| 7 | I played once for Scotland against Wales and got booed every time I touched the ball . |
| 8 | I arrived early for lunch on September 14th , and then went up to my shared room to unpack my few belongings . |
| 9 | I climbed fast for fear my fingers might freeze to the rungs . |
| 10 | I could still run , so I turned up for football training and things have gone on from there . |
| 11 | I turned out for North Melbourne in 1948–49 , but for some reason was not selected for Victoria . |
| 12 | I hung on for ages . ’ |
| 13 | I prayed silently for peace to those venerable remains . |
| 14 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 15 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
| 16 | We rode a little , walked , talked , played cards in the evening and I looked out for Poppy . |
| 17 | Twice I forked out for cable car rides up the Stock Mountain where there are more langlauf tracks and ample space to make your own . |
| 18 | A tricky wind was blowing on to the anchorage and what with snakes and the prospect of getting wet I lay off for lunch . |
| 19 | Oh there was quite a few pas when I past I went up for paper but I did n't call in and vote , you know , |
| 20 | Not the other day , when I went home for Easter last year |
| 21 | I went home for half-term . |
| 22 | By the time I went home for Christmas , I had gained another pound . |
| 23 | I went out for lunch and left the speech in the back of a taxi . |
| 24 | but that was sold out until the day when I went in for milk |
| 25 | But you see , you get a lot of these courses and , I went in for reflexology , I went on a lovely |
| 26 | When I went in for medicine I had the feeling that maybe I would take out an appendix on the kitchen table … now this has been a big disappointment of my life as a GP that whatever I can do , there 's someone else who can do much , much better . |
| 27 | When I went below for visits I found her eating dates and musing on Lawrence 's alleged masochistic sexuality . |
| 28 | I went there for lessons . |
| 29 | I sent off for mine last week — I 'm sort of hoping that they wo n't have posted them yet so it may be worth ringing up to try and cancel . |
| 30 | I cried desperately for recognition at people whose identities I had confused . |