Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
2 | After mentioning some of the New Age practices and beliefs , I asked again for a show of hands from those who knew friends and neighbours who were involved . |
3 | I made straight for the curtains , and he went by me without noticing . |
4 | I argued passionately for a top higher band . |
5 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
6 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
7 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
8 | Here houses looked to me like Monopoly chips : seeing a man cycling over the pathless tundra I scanned hopelessly for a possible point of reference he might have . |
9 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
10 | How I got round for the four days of the tournament , I do n't know . |
11 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
12 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
13 | I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job . |
14 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
15 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
16 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
17 | When I wandered out for a surf-check in the morning , Michael was sitting on the bench . |
18 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
19 | On the second day , I geared up for the Horseshoe Pass , three miles up followed by a long down to Llangollen . |
20 | I sauntered about for an hour before I could find Sir James Macdonald … |
21 | I came here for the history . |
22 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
23 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
24 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
25 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
26 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
27 | I came back for a month , met a Peruvian girl and then I got a letter from her giving me a really good reason to come back . |
28 | He told me , before I first went to England in 1947 , to make sure I came back for the next Australian season so that I would be eligible for selection for the '48 tour . |
29 | With the playback that in fact erm as has said it showed me what in fact I was doing right and wrong , erm I 've been on television before once when I was running the London marathon but this time it was actually me and me alone in a work element and I could in fact see what I was doing and why I was doing it and understand in fact the corrections from the morning to in fact the afternoon presentation when I came back for the second one . |
30 | ‘ I came out for a walk , ’ she said , shrugging off his hands . |