Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he took to do his business , the bank 's video cameras must have had me down as a fairly suspicious character and I was happy to stop fidgeting when he finally turned away from the cashier and headed for the door . |
| 2 | One man , told by his doctor that he had cancer , retreated to his bedroom and wept for a week , refusing to eat and waiting to die . |
| 3 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 4 | Coun Wood said he was very upset by the theft and appealed for the return of the chains . |
| 5 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 6 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 7 | She pulled on a plain black swimsuit and headed for the sea . |
| 8 | I went to Argentina and sat in a cell and waited for the torturers to come in . |
| 9 | And , as he finished pouring their brandies , she walked ahead of him through the open doorway and stood for a moment before the huge window , listening to the music , gazing out to sea , aware of a sense of peace and deep contentment . |
| 10 | I stopped the car and thought for a bit . |
| 11 | George Burley presently came into the dining car and spoke for a while to Nell , who subsequently went from table to table , clipboard in place , repeating what he 'd said . |
| 12 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 13 | So she opened her handbag and produced for the man with the scarpered wife a selection , some faded a little and creased with age . |
| 14 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 15 | We stopped the boat and drifted for a while , and the birds relaxed and moved back towards Bound Skerry the rock in a long line — which did the trick ! |
| 16 | Every day he went out with his scribe in his boat and stayed for an hour in each of the twelve provinces of hid kingdom , ensuring that all was well . |
| 17 | The banks offered a 30 per cent cut and asked for a US$1,000 million payment to reduce interest arrears of US$8,000 million . |
| 18 | It became a lost cause in the 66th minute when Wright found Knoetze on the left and this time the centre stepped in to the gap and raced for the line for a second try . |
| 19 | From a cafe " behind the Nile , Frenchman called the Oberoi and asked for the Queen . |
| 20 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 21 | But his secretiveness extended to not even telling them that , and they had to be content to accompany him as he turned left at the foot of the steps that led up to the station entrance and headed for the quays . |
| 22 | He then went to South Africa with the FA summer touring side and played for the national team in one of the representative games . |
| 23 | I tottered across to a cottage on the edge of the loch and asked for a pot of tea and a bite to eat . |
| 24 | Hundreds of eyes stared fixedly as the laird stepped out onto the gravel and stood for a moment with his chin jutting and his mouth pulled down , like a general reviewing his troops . |
| 25 | Oh you have n't gone up to a bar and asked for a pils have you ? |
| 26 | We sat on the sand and waited for the placings to come over the Tannoy . |
| 27 | He stopped work and sued for the money he alleged to be owing . |
| 28 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 29 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 30 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |