Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] we [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kissed me in the back of the car while we waited for the others , but nothing moved in me . |
| 2 | Anyway , it 's one of the minor unfortunate facts of life that a detumescing willy is prone to trap stray pube hairs under the foreskin as it scrolls forward again , and that was why I was adjusting my clothing as we braked for the bend above Cairndow . |
| 3 | It was just a bedsit she had early in our marriage when we parted for a while . |
| 4 | six two O twos , and we 're not going to replace it with anything , and we have an opportunity if we go for it now that we could replace them with sixteen double O fours and the projections are |
| 5 | After about five minutes we went into the final check room where we stayed for what seemed ages , most of us in our pre-race trances now , nobody speaking , just moving about , staying loose . |
| 6 | But you need real people for a proper gloat so we headed for the cardboard suburb in the Strand . |
| 7 | CONNIE COOK , chief display assistant , Blackpool : ‘ What about selling variety packs of pop like we have for fruit juices ? |
| 8 | On this occasion we thought it so important that we invited the bishop to lay hands on the team as they were sent out and began to meet on Sunday mornings , initially in a large sitting room as we searched for suitable premises . |
| 9 | What will happen to the original relationship if we control for this test factor ? |
| 10 | You talk about leading questions again that testing trial closed where we 'd just test the water before we go for the actual commitment . |
| 11 | Here is another example of BR communication photographed on Middlesbrough station as we waited for the Hartlepool train . |
| 12 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 13 | The fact that women were less likely to go absent but more likely to be in unfavourable jobs meant that we were misled about the effect of low status jobs on absence before we controlled for sex . |
| 14 | Answer guide : The facts suggest that if we apply the same argument as we outlined for vehicles then reducing balance would be the choice . |
| 15 | We can have a little heart-to-heart while we wait for him . ’ |
| 16 | We are not prepared to do that , and that provision will not be in the treaty unless we ask for it . |
| 17 | We think we should not accept ‘ I like Auntie Kate ’ as a valid communication unless we allow for an answer to the question , ‘ How does he know ? ’ or ‘ What observation justifies him in saying that ? ’ |
| 18 | Indeed , here is a reminder that Christmas can only be understood in the light of later events , can only be discovered in all its wonderful freshness and life when we discover for ourselves that Jesus is the human face of God . |
| 19 | It is the same kind of calculation as we did for haemoglobin , and it produces a similarly large result . |
| 20 | We get the same royalties for a CD as we do for a cassette |
| 21 | In Selfoss the assistant in the chemist 's tries to sell us surgical spirit when we ask for meths and there is a pantomime while Tony explains to her , in best sign language , that what he wants is spirit for a Trangia . |
| 22 | We were reminded that weather which suits ducks well enough can be more than cruel to other species when we found a dead bird on the path as we turned for home . |
| 23 | A rest , a quick conflab and we decide to do another twenty miles and reach our tent before we stop for a long rest . |
| 24 | The Swiss Alps are now our destination where we head for Lucerne for a one night stop . |
| 25 | erm , you know which is , we 've had more rain in the last fortnight than we have for about in the last three years . |
| 26 | At Telford Fiona Baikie commented , ‘ We worked closely with our Field Officer while we prepared for the visit , and he helped college staff enormously . |
| 27 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 28 | The catechist will read out in the same way as we did for the Celebration of Enrolment , erm whichever catechist is doing will say I present to you and call out a name , and you stand up in your seat with your parents . |
| 29 | Beinn Eighe still dominated the landscape as we headed for Gairloch . |
| 30 | But for a little moment Martigues still stands , and we drink coffee on the quay as we wait for the boats to come in . |