Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Couple of chaps at the school got booted out for that stuff and I never did get round to it . ’ |
| 2 | In the winter of 1940–41 a number of public figures contacted by the left-of-centre owner of Picture Post , Edward Hulton , agreed to work together for greater efficiency , vigour and democracy in the prosecution of the war . |
| 3 | She passed about forty-eight kilometres north of Krakatoa on the evening of the twenty-sixth , spent the night of the twenty-sixth to seventh anchored in Telok Betong , tried to sail again for Anjer in the morning , but was prevented from doing so by the violence of the eruption . |
| 4 | Everton , still without their regular centre-backs Ratcliffe and Watson because of injury , again tried to make up for this by playing Snodin as a spare centre-back behind Keown and McDonald . |
| 5 | But the the people I met made up for that . |
| 6 | He 'd sat up for most of the night brooding about it , wondering what her reaction to him would be , finally deciding that he could n't wait until the evening to find out . |
| 7 | The Dean gazed affectionately at her : a tall , handsome woman whose company he 'd enjoyed immensely for thirty-five years . |
| 8 | She 'd saved up for many months . |
| 9 | As soon as we 'd packed all the stuff in the ba van we 'd have the rest of the sandwiches the rest of the coffee or another cup of coffee and then we 'd get on the road and even if we 'd got back for four , by the time we 'd got home and , and had something to eat or if we did n't want nothing to eat , watched the telly for half an hour and get to bed , you 've got from eleven till sort of three or four the next day which is just nice because you 're in your own home |
| 10 | He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . |
| 11 | I 'd tried hard for many years to get him to stop , in the face of informed professional opinion , but he had always shrugged it off . |
| 12 | However , Mrs Thompson vowed to fight on for other landlords even if time ran out for she and her husband . |
| 13 | ALLY McCOIST last night declared himself fit for tomorrow 's European Cup match against CSKA Moscow — and vowed to make up for lost time . |
| 14 | When his wife died he began to look around for another ; someone who would give him the children he needed . |
| 15 | When , in the 18th century , Hull became a prosperous port , rich merchants began to look westwards for clean Wolds air and scenic views . |
| 16 | During the 1950s , however , employers began to press successfully for coordinated , central wage bargaining , which has continued subsequently . |
| 17 | McLaren then began shopping around for another label , pointedly ignoring Virgin . |
| 18 | You know them that we got to send off for that , I got head bag and you got that ? |
| 19 | The sergeant looked at her closely , obviously wondering if she planned to run off for some reason . |
| 20 | At home he decided to go in for wholesale enclosures , encouraged his tenants to take long leases by reducing their rents , and instructed them in modern scientific methods . |
| 21 | ‘ So , I started looking around for another job and heard that Mike Martinez , the agent , was looking for someone to do some secretarial work and some negotiating , and that he preferred English girls for such work . |
| 22 | Archbishop Fisher and Archbishop Garbett of York started to look around for scholarly clergymen and hovered over various names , ail of whom taught then or had taught in universities . |
| 23 | Officials warned to look out for banned runner |
| 24 | Hugo glanced at his watch , and decided to press on for another half-hour . |
| 25 | And that 's when we started putting in for annual wage increases . |
| 26 | Other members of the group had differing objectives and decided to drop out for various reasons , ’ the source said . |
| 27 | Hari left the boy while she went to search upstairs for one of her father 's night-shirts . |
| 28 | Shrimp kept going up for some water , trod on Andrew . |
| 29 | No matter how dismally he fared , he kept coming back for more . |
| 30 | Mm , you sent sent off for all your |