Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I went in for a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts . |
| 2 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 3 | So I listened out for your return . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | She could n't lift you so she stepped back for me to do it . |
| 6 | Then came three blank stubs , lastly one filled in for fifty pounds cash . |
| 7 | So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance . |
| 8 | Coleridge introduced his friends to the steep woodland track leading from Porlock Weir to Culbone , and together they walked on for four miles beneath the trees , before emerging close to Broomstreet Farm and Yenworthy . |
| 9 | Perhaps he popped out for a quick sandwich while Nigel read ? |
| 10 | So he hung back for what seemed an interminable length of time , in the shadow of a dripping tree , waiting for them to move on . |
| 11 | He was too restless to sleep any more so he went out for a walk . |
| 12 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 13 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 14 | So it went on for two long hours during which the thousands present learned nothing about Fascism except the bravery and pertinacity of its young adherents in dealing with this very perilous situation . " |
| 15 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 16 | So it made up for any other , er , you know . |
| 17 | ‘ She leads him a right dance , ’ the nans would say , during their daily exchange of news and analysis in the queue at the butcher 's , until finally she danced off for good and all and left him with his mother and his clapped-out BSA and his jars of Brylcreem and his collection of 78 records and a lifetime 's cumulation of unarticulated resentments . |
| 18 | Moreover , the whole process was self-perpetuating ; the guest became the host in an act of social revenge and thus it went on for ever . |
| 19 | And like I went down for that one Monday . |
| 20 | 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 , |
| 21 | As the train drew near she looked out for Rough Stones , the house up on the hillside where they had made their first home ; but it was night , and all she saw was a glimmer that could as well have been a shepherd 's lantern . |
| 22 | Two days later he reported back for training . |
| 23 | Wildly she glanced around for Tara , but after an early swim she 'd disappeared . |
| 24 | well she came down for Keith 's sake , she came down to Bournemouth for holidays and erm like it so much she brought the company . |
| 25 | Two years ago it worked out for me whilst I was playing the Greenbelt festival ; Gordon Charlton , CBS 's A&R guy at the time , saw me play there and bought a copy of my album . |
| 26 | In October and November the raids were taking place nearly every night , but in spite of the disturbed nights almost everyone turned up for work next day . |
| 27 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Maybe she went in for officers , or maybe , he realized , she already had a boyfriend . |
| 30 | His hand moved to the triangle of fair curls between her thighs and as he caressed the glistening pink bud which was hidden there she cried out for his possession . |