Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early this century jute sacks became widely used for home distribution although the export of cement still continued in battels and later in steel drums . |
| 2 | In this action Leftwich was well ahead of his time , as Norwegian ice later became widely used for refrigeration during the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | A characteristic punk head by Tony Bevan ( lot 83 ) made £4,200 ( $6,300 ; est. £3,000–4,000 ) while a rather low-key landscape by John Keane ( lot 85 ) sold below estimate for £2,000 ( $3,000 ) . |
| 4 | She could hear cars and lorries swooshing past and tried desperately to call for help but she had no breath . |
| 5 | Masha and I found further cause for depression as , walking in search of a tube station , we came to a major intersection , a roundabout of relentless , screeching vehicles , three and four abreast : for in the centre , on the small concrete island , we saw a man lying on his side . |
| 6 | As Frederick 's policies turned into those of Bismarck 's Kulturkampf , the Catholic Kaszubians found further cause for alarm . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'd better go for help ! ’ she cried . |
| 8 | I think I 'd better go for Dersingham and you 'd better start keeping tabs on Hereward . |
| 9 | Then , right after he and Mr. Mendez left , a mustered-out soldier from Thomas came in looking for passage to Bisbee . |
| 10 | Sure Ji he came in looking for Jim one morning and Jim was n't there , says he 's in bed so listen I said do you wan na go up and waken him like fuck Jim says when Acky woke me I said what you mean he give you a kiss and he woke you up . |
| 11 | ‘ The story goes , ’ I told him , as we drove up to Llanberis after meeting at Bangor station , ‘ that you were in the Radziel and a woman came in collecting for charity . |
| 12 | Stephen came in to change for dinner , thoughtful and brooding . |
| 13 | Her angular Norfolk vowels seemed especially suited for goats . |
| 14 | there were five red and gold crackers on the starched , white cloth and all the presents were ready in the old pillowcases they 'd all used for years at Christmas . |
| 15 | At 4 pm the following afternoon he awoke and came downstairs asking for breakfast ! |
| 16 | Big Stan , as he likes to call himself , is a retired physical education teacher and Langbaurgh district councillor who in the 1950s played outside left for Shildon , Redcar Albion and once or twice Darlington . |
| 17 | She tipped the cassette box out on the floor and jumbled them all back what she 'd not heard for ages was now at the top . |
| 18 | She was determined not to be bludgeoned into submission by lack of money and a system that seemed not to care for mothers and children . |
| 19 | The following year , in May , I sneaked off to audition for Tiller without my mother 's knowledge . |
| 20 | He hated the room he 'd been given as his own , with the picture of Tony Greig that someone had taken from his room in Primrose Cottage and pinned up on the wall , and the pictures of Greg Chappell , who 'd once played for Somerset , and Brian Close . |
| 21 | He 'd already lost any respect or hope he 'd once had for Changez . |
| 22 | The other two were good as well — they 'd both passed for Sergeant , stable , fine fellers . |
| 23 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 24 | And when Travis seemed absolutely stumped for words , she could do no other than fill what would have been an awkward silence with , ‘ I could probably make the lasagne go three ways if … ’ |
| 25 | In the same year , it became harder to re-qualify for unemployment benefit once entitlement had been exhausted . |
| 26 | But Mr Sutherland revealed further plans for Seymour Street to revert to its original two-way traffic configuration , with a grassed central reservation , and an identical ‘ Georgian ’ terrace built opposite . |
| 27 | 6-3 down at half-time … they were in even bigger trouble at the start of the second half when Nick Beal raced through to score for Northampton … |
| 28 | That arrangement meant Brian McClair and Gary McAllister turned up to play for Scotland in something less than prime condition . |
| 29 | Nora turned back to wait for Lord Wyatt , on the road between the Panshanger gate lodge and the stables . |
| 30 | Ianthe remembered as she walked along looking for number 28 that her dressmaker had lived very near here , but somehow , after she had made one or two mourning dresses for her after her mother had died , Ianthe had lost touch with her . |