Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 2 | At a corner he stopped to wait for a break in the traffic . |
| 3 | He was sitting just a matter of inches away , when he moved to reach for a coffee-cup she caught the smell of freshly washed hair , and her fingers itched with the memory of tangling themselves in those jet-black waves . |
| 4 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 5 | Coming to Old Gang Smelting Mills we stopped to look for a while at the most complete collection of buildings still standing in the mining field , although comparing them now with photographs taken in the 1930s it 's obvious that they 're slowly falling apart . |
| 6 | ‘ If I tell anyone that we stopped to look for a ghost , they 'll laugh at me , and if I was you , I would n't tell your mates either . |
| 7 | She pretended to think for a moment . |
| 8 | But they 're not so — ’ The offworlder seemed to search for a word . |
| 9 | His greatest wall had been built when Mr Fractor came to look for a book on logarithms . |
| 10 | Alexei 's eyes seemed to stare for a moment into the middle distance . |
| 11 | Then he frowned and seemed to consider for a moment . |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Garscadden quoted COSLA as being concerned about what would happen if someone 's aunt came to stay for a couple of months . |
| 13 | Mrs Parkin came to stay for a week and went after a day . |
| 14 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
| 15 | Richmann seemed to think for a moment , then smiled . |
| 16 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 17 | FitzAlan seemed to hesitate for a moment , then turned his mount on to the barely discernible path . |
| 18 | Geraci seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 19 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 20 | On Oct. 28 , Azerbaijan 's President Abulfaz Elchibey agreed to look for a compromise candidate for interior minister . |
| 21 | Then he took out a book from his desk and began to search for a name . |
| 22 | Not long after acquiring Belle Vue Cottage she began to search for a piece of land in the Cotherstone area , preferably a fenced-i-meadow . |
| 23 | She reached into the Mini and lifted out her bag and began to rummage for a pen and paper . |
| 24 | Three patients declined to come for a check endoscopy immediately after radiotherapy as they had no bowel symptoms . |
| 25 | After three hours of continuous nibbling it seemed , I will confess , rather on the acid and insubstantial side , and I began to yearn for a bowl of pasta . |
| 26 | She began to look for a university job outside Cambridge . |
| 27 | So I began to look for a husband . |
| 28 | He began to look for a job . |
| 29 | Sara began to look for a cup . |
| 30 | Rosie gave him an affectionate kiss , and Shelley decided that she needed to go for a walk around the hospital , to leave the two together for a while . |