Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 2 | It made me forget for a moment how low sales figures so often are nowadays , as there are some exciting campaigns planned , some clever gimmicks , some expensive promotions and , more important , some wonderful books . |
| 3 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 4 | It was her that invited me to play for a keep fit class . |
| 5 | He practically invited you to go for a ride in his car . |
| 6 | One day she rashly invited him to stay for a weekend . |
| 7 | Now in receipt of government support ( and offering particular help for people under 30 ) , the Trust helped her apply for a Westminster Enterprise grant . |
| 8 | I 've seen the Fire guys and they told me to ask for an Inspector Ball . |
| 9 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 10 | He told me to watch for a seaman with one leg and to let him know the moment when a man like that appeared . |
| 11 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 12 | She waited ; it seemed she waited for an eternity . |
| 13 | ‘ Miss Tuckey told us to look for a narrow objective within a broader attack . |
| 14 | Teesside Crown Court was told Ninham had offered to give the boys money for fireworks and encouraged them to go for a walk with him and his dog . |
| 15 | The master , A. D. Lindsay ( later first Baron Lindsay of Birker , q.v. ) , encouraged him to work for a spell ( 1927–8 ) at a Quaker settlement for the unemployed in the Rhondda Valley — an experience which made a deep impression . |
| 16 | I sat with her , gave her my drink bottle , stuffed her with glucose and encouraged her to rest for a while . |
| 17 | The man claimed he spoke for a large group of serving and former policemen who styled themselves ‘ the Inner Circle ’ . |
| 18 | There were two men apart from the one with the rifle and she heard them quarrelling for a long time in another room . ’ |
| 19 | At the end of the week she discovered he worked for an average of 1 minute at a time . |
| 20 | Once everyone had disembarked , the sergeant-major warned them to prepare for a fifteen-mile route-march . |
| 21 | She watched me eat for a while , mumbled something and left . |
| 22 | Controllers urged him to make for a remote runway which would take him over fields and small villages . |
| 23 | She often urged him to look for a suitable girl , but he always replied that there was plenty of time and to date no one had taken his fancy . |
| 24 | Clare watched her eating for a moment . |
| 25 | Evelyn shuddered as she watched him crouch for a second , then spring up and take off jauntily like a half mangled insect . |
| 26 | Shufflebotham watched him work for a few moments . |
| 27 | He made her wait for an answer as he topped the teapot up with hot water and Ruth 's imagination went off on its own . |
| 28 | He saw it made her think for a moment , about him . |
| 29 | This led her to search for a continuous tradition which had been activated by occult means and linked the French and Russian Revolutions . |
| 30 | His experiments with cement making led him to apply for a patent which was granted in June 1824 — no. 5,022 entitled ‘ An Improvement in the Modes of Producing an Artificial Stone ’ — the first such patent to be granted . |